Polytmus, from the effect that such motions have on the long feathers of the tail. That the object of these quick turns is the capture of insects, I am sure, having watched one thus engaged pretty close to me. I observed it carefully, and distinctly saw... The Birds of Jamaica - Page 109by Philip Henry Gosse, Richard Hill - 1847 - 447 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Charles Linnaeus Martin - Hummingbirds - 1852 - 312 pages
...with Mango, but is perhaps more observable in Polytmus, from the effect that such motions have on the long feathers of the tail. That the object of these...close to me. I drew up and observed it carefully, and saw the minute flies in the air which it pursued and caught, and heard repeatedly the snapping of the... | |
| 1877 - 900 pages
...contortions. This is most observable in the Polytmus, from the effect that such motions have on the long feathers of the tail. That the object of these...having watched one thus engaged pretty close to me. I observed it carefully, and distinctly saw the minute flics in the air which it pursued and caught,... | |
| Alfred Russel Wallace - Color - 1878 - 416 pages
...contortions. This is most observable in the Polytmus, from the e fleet that such motions have on the long feathers of the tail. That the object of these quick turns is the capture of insects, T am sure, having watched one thus engaged pretty elose to me. I observed it carefully, and distinctly... | |
| Alfred Russel Wallace - Nature - 1891 - 518 pages
...contortions. This is most observable in the Polytmus, from the effect that such motions have on the long feathers of the tail. That the object of these...having watched one thus engaged pretty close to me. I observed it carefully, and distinctly saw the minute flies in the air which it pursued and caught,... | |
| Thomas Hunt Morgan - 1913 - 304 pages
...odd contortions. This is most observable in Polytmus, from the effect that such motions have on the long feathers of the tail. That the object of these...insects, I am sure, having watched one thus engaged.' ' If what I have just said implies that I take a lighthearted or even facetious attitude toward Darwin's... | |
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