There are three creatures, the squirrel, the field-mouse, and the bird called the nut-hatch (Sitta Europcea), which live much on hazelnuts; and yet they open them each in a different way. The first, after rasping off the small end, splits the shell in... Natural History: Mammalia - Page 207by Philip Henry Gosse - 1848 - 302 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Bingley - Animal behavior - 1803 - 606 pages
...pleasing way of getting at the kernel. Of the two latter, the squirrel, after rasping off the small end, splits the shell in two with his long fore-teeth, as a man does with his knife ; the field-mouse nibbles a hole with his teeth, as regular as if drilled with a * SYNONYMS. — Sitta Europea.... | |
| John Read (maker to the army.) - 1824 - 550 pages
...of them opens the kernel in a very different manner. The squirrel, after rasping off the small end, splits the shell in two with his long fore-teeth, as a man does with his knife. The field-mouse nibbles a hole with his teeth, as regularly as if drilled with a wimble, and yet so small... | |
| John Mason Good - Natural history - 1826 - 516 pages
...each of them opens them in a very different manner. The squirrel, after rasping off the small end, splits the shell in two with his long fore-teeth, as a man does with his knife : the field-mouse nibbles a hole with his teeth as regular as if drilled with a wimble, and yet so small... | |
| William Bingley - 1829 - 392 pages
...curious way of getting at the kernel. Of the two latter, the squirrel, after rasping off the small end, splits the shell in two with his long fore-teeth, as a man does with his knife; the field-mouse nibbles a hole with his teeth, as * The characters of this tribe are, a bill for the most... | |
| William Hamilton Maxwell - Amusements - 1833 - 640 pages
...hazel-nuts ; and yet they open them each in a different way. The first, after rasping off the small end, splits the shell in two with his long fore-teeth, as a man does with his knife ; the second nibbles a hole with his teeth, as regular as if drilled with a wimble, and yet so small that one would... | |
| Medicine - 1825 - 550 pages
...of them opens the kernel in a very different manner. The squirrel, after rasping off the small end, splits the shell in two with his long fore-teeth, as a man does with his knife. The field-mouse nibbles a hole with his teeth, as regularly as if drilled with a wimble, and yet so small... | |
| Edward Jesse - Animal behavior - 1834 - 352 pages
...her ' own eggs." ' The Squirrel, the Field-mouse, and the bird ' called a Nuthatch, (sitta europaea) live much on ' nuts, which they open each in a very...The first splits the shell in two with ' his long fore teeth, as a man does with his ' knife: the second drills a small round regular ' hole in the side... | |
| Edward Jesse - Animal behavior - 1834 - 372 pages
...her ' own eggs.' ' The Squirrel, the Field-mouse, and the bird ' called a Nuthatch, (sitta europeea) live much on ' nuts, which they open each in a very...The first splits the shell in two with ' his long fore teeth, as a man does with his ' knife : the second drills a small round regular ' hole in the... | |
| Books - 1834 - 604 pages
...field-mouse, and the bird called a Nuthatch, (sitta europaea) live much on nuts, which they open each in a different manner. The first splits the shell in two with his long fore teeth, as a man does with his knife : the second drills a small round regular hole in the side... | |
| Perceval B. Lord - Physiology - 1839 - 476 pages
...each in a different way. The first, after rasping off the small end, splits the shell into two iwith his long fore-teeth, as a man does with his knife; the second nibbles a hole with his teeth as regular as if drilled with a wimble, and yet so small that one would... | |
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