They are arranged, when on shore, in as compact a manner and in as regular ranks as a regiment of soldiers ; and are classed with the greatest order, the young birds being in one situation, the moulting birds in another, the sitting hens in a third, the... Notes on Shoeing Horses - Стр. 36авторы: sir Frederick Wellington J. Fitzwygram (4th bart.) - 1861 - Страниц: 79Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
| Henry Gardiner Adams - 1863 - Страниц: 390
...shore, in as compact a manner, and in as regular ranks, as a regiment of soldiers ; and are classed with the greatest order, the young birds being in one situation, the moulting birds in another, the sitting birds in a third, and the clean birds in a fourth, &c. ; and so strictly, do birds in a similar condition... | |
| Charles Knight - 1867 - Страниц: 660
...shore, in as compact a manner and in as regular ranks as a regiment of soldiers; and are classed with the greatest order, the young birds being in one situation,...similar condition congregate, that should a bird that is moulting intrude itself among those which are clean, it is immediately ejected from them. The females... | |
| Charles Knight - 1867 - Страниц: 660
...shore, in as compact a manner and in as regular ranks as a regiment of soldiers; and are classed with the greatest order, the young birds being in one situation,...sitting hens in a third, the clean birds in a fourth, Ac. ; and so strictly do birds in similar condition congregate, that should a bird that is moulting... | |
| Arthur Mangin - 1868 - Страниц: 480
...standing " in as compact a manner and in as regular ranks as a regiment of soldiers, and classed with the greatest order, the young birds being in one situation,...sitting hens in a third, the clean birds in a fourth ; while so strictly do birds in similar condition congregate, that should a bird that is moulting intrude... | |
| World - 1868 - Страниц: 528
...as regularly as a regiment of soldiers, and in as compact a manner ; the young birds in one place, the moulting birds in another, the sitting hens in a third, the clean birds in a fourth ; and so strictly is the order kept, that if a bird of one class intrude itself into the ranks of another... | |
| John Timbs - 1869 - Страниц: 374
...ranged, when on shore, in as regular ranks as a regiment of soldiers, and are classed, the young birds in one situation, the moulting birds in another, the...birds in a fourth, &c. ; and so strictly do birds in a similar condition congregate, that, should a moulting bird intrude itself among those which are clean,... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1872 - Страниц: 758
...shore, in as compact a manner, and in as regular ranks as a regiment of soldiers ; and are classed with the greatest order, the young birds being in one situation,...sitting hens in a third, the clean birds in a fourth, <fec.; and so strictly do birds in similar conditions congregate, that should a bird that is moulting... | |
| Thomas Rymer Jones - 1872 - Страниц: 490
...shore, in as compact a manner, and in as regular ranks, as a regiment of soldiers, and are classed with the greatest order, the young birds being in one situation,...sitting hens in a third, the clean birds in a fourth, £c. ; and so strictly do birds in a similar condition congregate, that, should a bird that is moulting... | |
| World - 1874 - Страниц: 452
...as regularly as a regiment of soldiers, and in as compact a manner ; the young birds in one place, the moulting birds in another, the sitting hens in a third, the clean birds in a fourth ; and so strictly is the order kept, that if a bird of one class intrude itself into the ranks of another... | |
| John George Wood - 1875 - Страниц: 464
...according to their age, sex, and condition. For example, as Mr. Bennett says, " The young birds are in one situation, the moulting birds in another, the...sitting hens in a third, the clean birds in a fourth, etc. And so strictly do birds in similar condition congregate, that should a bird that is moulting... | |
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