 | Zoological Society of London - Zoology - 1851 - 348 pages
...cover in search of food, meeting the obstruction caused by the fence, run along it till they come to one of the openings, through which they push their way and are trapped. Their food principally consists of seeds and insects. In walking they lift their feet very... | |
 | Botany - 1853 - 558 pages
...cover in search of food, meeting the obstruction caused by the fence, run along it till they come to one of the openings, through which they push their way and are trapped. Their food principally consists of seeds and insects. three of them weighing nearly as much... | |
 | 1855 - 518 pages
...them by forming long thick fences in unfrequented parts of the jungle, in which at certain mtervals they leave openings where they place traps; the birds...along it till they find one of the openings, through whioh they push their way and are caught ш the trap. In walking they lift up their feet very high,... | |
 | English periodicals - 1856 - 444 pages
...small islands, to such more especially as have sandy beaches; they are very rarely to be seen, beiug extremely shy, and frequenting dense and flat parts...openings, through which they push their way, and are caugjbt in the trap. In walking they lift up their feet very high, and set up their backs, something... | |
 | 1851 - 324 pages
...cover in search of food, meeting the obstruction caused by the fence, run along it till they come to one of the openings, through which they push their way and are trapped. Their food principally consists of seeds and insects. In walking they lift their feet very... | |
 | Zoological Society of London - Zoology - 1851 - 370 pages
...cover in search of food, meeting the obstruction caused by the fence, run along it till they come to one of the openings, through which they push their way and are trapped. Their food principally consists of seeds and insects. In walking they lift their feet very... | |
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... concealment easy. The Malays snare them by forming long thick fences in unfrequented parts of the jungle; in these they leave openings at intervals in which they place traps ; the birds, running through the cover in search of food, meeting the obstruction... 