In one instance, in the nest the most remote from the sea that we discovered, one of the men of the party found, and brought to me, the stone of some fruit which had evidently been rolled in the sea. These stones he found lying in a heap in the nest ;... Annals & Magazine of Natural History - Página 561863Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| George Grey - 1841 - 472 páginas
...from each extremity of the nest — these were invariably sea shells. In one instance, in the nest most remote from the sea that we discovered, one of...heap in the nest, and they are now in my possession. I have seen no Emus in North-western Australia, but on two occasions their tracks were impressed in... | |
| John Gould - 1865 - 666 páginas
...broken sea-shells, large heaps of which protruded from each extremity. In one instance, in a bower the most remote from the sea that we discovered, one...the nest, and they are now in my possession." The bird sent to me by Mr. Gregory is rather larger, but bears a very general resemblance to the Chlamydodera... | |
| Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh - 1902 - 582 páginas
...broken sea-shells, large heaps of which protruded from each extremity. In one instance, in a bower the most remote from the sea that we discovered, one...heap in the nest, and they are now in my possession." CHLAMYDODERA NUCHALIS, Jardine and Selby. Great Bower-Bird. [Plate III.] Figure. — Gonld, Birds of... | |
| 1918 - 454 páginas
...one instance, in the nest most remote from the sea that we discovered, one of the men of the I arty found, and brought to me, the stone of some fruit...these stones he found lying in a heap in the nest. "I have seen no emus in North-Western Australia, but on two occasions their tracks were impressed in... | |
| Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh - 1902 - 546 páginas
...broken sea-shells, large heaps of which protruded from each extremity. In one instance, in a bower the most remote from the sea that we discovered, one...heap in the nest, and they are now in my possession." CHLAMYDODERA NUCIIALIS, Jardine and Selby. Great Bower- Bird. [Plate III.] Figure.— Gould, Birds... | |
| 1862 - 450 páginas
...the most remarkable fact connected with them was, that they were always full of broken shells, Ihrge heaps of which protruded from each extremity of the...all over like that species ; but it differs in the guttatious of the upper surface being of a larger size and much more distinct, in the abdomen being... | |
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