 | Patrick Armstrong - 2000 - 228 Seiten
...the head, deliver somewhat into its mouth. If it takes any part of its prey with its foot, as I have the greatest reason to suppose it does these chafers,...toe, which is curiously furnished with a serrated claw.1 The tradition So wrote Gilbert White, in the autumn of 1771 , to his fellow naturalist, Thomas... | |
 | David Mazel - 2001 - 388 Seiten
...while on the wing, and by a bend of the head deliver something into its mouth." This explained to him the use of its middle toe, "which is curiously furnished with a serrated claw." He timed the white owls feeding their young under the eaves of his church, with watch in hand. He saw... | |
 | Richard W. Burkhardt - 2005 - 649 Seiten
...the head, deliver somewhat into its mouth. If it takes any part of its prey with its foot, as I have now the greatest reason to suppose it does these chafers,...toe, which is curiously furnished with a serrated claw.7 The young Charles Darwin was among those inspired by White's Selborne. In his autobiography,... | |
 | 1926 - 1070 Seiten
...the head deliver somewhat into its mouth. If it takes any part of its prey with its foot, as I have now the greatest reason to suppose it does these chafers,...which is curiously furnished with a serrated claw. Personally I incline rather to the idea that it is of service in raking out from the bristles undesired... | |
 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - 1879 - 1642 Seiten
...the head deliver somewhat into its mouth. If it takes any part of its prey with its foot, as I have now the greatest reason to suppose it does these chafers,...which is curiously furnished with a serrated claw.' He next touches on the chief points of its life history, its feeding on scarabaii and pkalœnce, attacking... | |
 | 1846 - 436 Seiten
...part of its prey with its foot, as I liave now the greatest reason to suppose it docs these chafers. 1 no longer wonder at, the use of its middle toe, which is curiously furnished with a serrated claw.'' Amidst euch conflicting testimonies, most will be ready to praise the philosophical hesitation of Audubun.... | |
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I saw it distinctly, more than once, put out its short leg while on the wing, and by a bend of the head, deliver somewhat into its mouth. If it takes any part of its prey with its foot, as I have now the greatest reason to suppose it does these chafers,... 
