 This they perform breech foremost, by raising their hind parts, and forcing along the ball with their hind feet. Two or three of them are sometimes engaged in trundling one ball, which, from meeting with impediments on account of the unevenness of the...  Insect Architecture - Page 252by James Rennie - 1830 - 420 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Bingley - 1803 - 624 pages
...breech foremost, by raising their hind parts, and forcing along the ball' with their hind feet. Two or three of them are sometimes engaged in trundling one ball, which from meeting with impediments from the uncvenness of the ground, is sometimes deserted by them : it is however attempted by others... | |
 | William Bingley - 1805 - 622 pages
...breech foremost, by raising their hind parts, and forcing along the ball with their hind feet. Two or three of them are sometimes engaged in trundling...however, attempted by others with success, unless it happen to roll into some deep hollow, or chink, where they;a^e constrained to leave it ; but they continue... | |
 | William Kirby, William Spence - 1818 - 552 pages
...perform breech foremost, by raising their hind parts, forcing along the ball with their hind feet. Two or three of them are sometimes engaged in trundling one ball, which, from meeting with impediments from the unevenness of the ground, is sometimes deserted by them : it is however attempted by others... | |
 | William Kirby, William Spence - 1823 - 556 pages
...raising their hind parts, forcingalong the ball with their hind feet. Two or three of a Joel ii. 8. c 2 them are sometimes engaged in trundling one ball, which, from meeting with impediments from the unevenness of the ground, is sometimes deserted by them : it is however attempted by others... | |
 | William Bingley - 1829 - 380 pages
...breech foremost, by raising their hind parts, and forcing along the ball with their hind feet. Two or three of them are sometimes engaged in trundling...however, attempted by others with success, unless it happen to roll into some deep hollow or chink, where they are constrained to leave it; but they continue... | |
 | William Jardine - 1835 - 412 pages
...breech foremost, by raising their hind parts, and forcing along the ball with their hind feet. Two or three of them are sometimes engaged in trundling...with impediments on account of the unevenness of the • Intro, to Ent. voi. i. 233, note. ground, is sometimes deserted by them. It is, however, attempted... | |
 | William Kirby, William Spence - 1843 - 452 pages
...perform breech foremost, by raising their hind parts, forcing along the ball with their hind feet. Two or three of them are sometimes engaged in trundling one ball, which, from meeting with impediments from the unevenness of the ground, is sometimes deserted by them : it is however attempted by others... | |
 | James Duncan - 1858 - 408 pages
...breech foremost, by raising their hind parts, and forcing along the ball with their hind feet. Two or three of them are sometimes engaged in trundling...with impediments on account of the unevenness of the • Intro, to Ent. voi. >• 255, note. ground, is sometimes deserted by them. It is, however, attempted... | |
 | WILLIAM KIRBY, M.A. F.R.S. F.L.S. - 1858 - 676 pages
...three of them are sometimes engaged in trundling one ball, which, from meeting with impediments from the unevenness of the ground, is sometimes deserted...it is, however, attempted by others with success, uuless it happens to roll into some deep hollow chink, where they are constrained to leave it ; but... | |
 | William Bingley - 1871 - 1056 pages
...breach foremost, by raising their hind parts, and forcing along the ball with their hind feet. Two or three of them are sometimes engaged in trundling...which from meeting with impediments, on account of the uneven ness of the ground, is sometimes deserted by them. It is, however, nttempied by others with... | |
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