 | 1849 - 792 pages
...one may hear it two hundred paces off. The bone of their wing grows greater towards the extremity, and forms a little round mass under the feathers, as big as a musket-ball. That and its beak are the chief defence of this bird. 'Tis very bard to catch it in the... | |
 | 1837 - 1032 pages
...one may hear it two hundred paces off. The bone of their wing grows greater towards the extremity, R| U S p/M 3 H ' ӎ & musket-ball : that and its beak are the chief defence of this bird. 'Tis very hard to catch it in the... | |
 | 1838 - 530 pages
...one may hear it two hundred paces off. The bone of their wing grows greater towards the extremity, and forms a little round mass under the feathers as big as a musket-ball : that and its beak are the chief defence of this bird. 'Tis very hard to catch it in the... | |
 | 1848 - 422 pages
...one may hear it two hundred paces off. The bone of their wing grows greater towards the extremity, and forms a little round mass under the feathers,...as a musket ball. That and its beak are the chief defence of this bird. Tis very hard to catch it in the woods, but easie in open places, because we... | |
 | 1849 - 864 pages
...one may hear it two hundred paces off. The bone of their wing grows greater towards the extremity, and forms a little round mass under the feathers, as big as a musket-ball. That and its beak are the chief defence of this bird. 'Tis very hard to catch it in the... | |
 | 1849 - 638 pages
...and one may hear it two hundred paces off The bone of their wing grows greater towards the extremity, and forms a little round mass under the feathers, as big as a musket-hall. That and its beak are the chief defence of this bird. 'Tis very hard to calch it in the... | |
 | 1850 - 492 pages
...rattle, and may be heard two hundred paces ofF. The bone of their wing enlarges towards the extremity and forms a little round mass under the feathers, as big as a musket-ball. That, and its beak are the chief defences of this bird. It is very difficult to catch... | |
 | Zoological Society of London - 1851 - 348 pages
...one may hear it two hundred paces off. The bone of their wing grows greater towards the extremity, and forms a little round mass under the feathers, as big as a musket-ball. That and its beak are the chief defence of this bird. 'Tis very hard to catch it in the... | |
 | William Somerville Orr - 1855 - 566 pages
...one may hear it two hundred paces off. The bone of their wings grows greater towards the extremity, and forms a little round mass under the feathers as...as a musket ball. That and its beak are the chief defence of this bird. 'T is very hard to catch it in the woods, but easie in open places, because wo... | |
 | 1849 - 636 pages
...and one may hear it two hundred paces off The bone of their wing grows greater towards the extremity, and forms a little round mass under the feathers, as big as a musket-ball. That and its bealf are the chief defence of this bird. 'Tis very hard to catch it in the... | |
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The motion of their wings makes then a noise very like that of a rattle, and one may hear it two hundred paces off. The bone of their wing grows greater towards the extremity, and forms a little round mass under the feathers, as big as a musket ball.... 
