Search Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »
Sign in
Books Books
" ... in shape like those of the muskle, but sharper pointed, and of a whitish colour, wherein is contained a thing in form like a lace of silke finely woven as it were together, of a whitish colour ; one end whereof is fastened unto the inside of the... "
The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine - Page 155
edited by - 1869
Full view - About this book

The History, Ancient and Modern, of the Sheriffdoms of Fife and Kinross ...

Sir Robert Sibbald - Botany - 1803 - 510 pages
...lace Of silke finely woven as it were together, of a whitish colour ; one end whereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of Oisters...masse or lumpe, which in time commeth to the shape and form of a bird : when it is perfectly formed, the shell gapeth open, and the first thing that appeareth...
Full view - About this book

Animal Biography: Or, Authentic Anecdotes of the Lives, Manners ..., Volume 2

William Bingley - Animal behavior - 1803 - 606 pages
...colour, one end whereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of Oysters and Muscles are ; the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude masse or lump, which in time cometh into the shape and form of a bird. When it is perfectly formed, the shell...
Full view - About this book

History of Wonderful Fishes

Chapbooks - 1820 - 188 pages
...end whereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of oysters and muscles, and the other end is made fast unto the belly, of a rude mass, which in time cometh to the shape and form of a bird. When it is perfectly formed, (he shell...
Full view - About this book

Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ..., Volume 6

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 878 pages
...whitish colour, one end whereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, слеп us the fish of outers and muskles are ; the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude masa or lumpe, which in time commeth to the shape and forme of a bird : when it ii perfectly formed...
Full view - About this book

Time's Telescope for ... ; Or, A Complete Guide to the Almanack

Almanacs, English - 1823 - 400 pages
...whereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of Oysters and muscles are ; and the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude masse or lump, which in time cometh into the shape and form of a bird. When it is perfectly formed, the shell...
Full view - About this book

Elements of Natural History: Invertebrata, &c

John Stark - Natural history - 1828 - 542 pages
...lace of silke finely woven as it were together, of a whitish colour ; one end whereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of oisters...masse or lumpe, which in time commeth to the shape and form of a bird : when it is perfectly formed the shell gapeth open, and the first thing that appearcth...
Full view - About this book

Animal biography, or, Popular zoology, Volume 3

William Bingley - 1829 - 350 pages
...whereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of oysters and muscles are: and the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude mass or lump, which in time cometh into the shape and form of a bird. When it is perfectly formed,...
Full view - About this book

The Architecture of Birds

James Rennie - Animal behavior - 1833 - 422 pages
...colour ; one end wereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of oysters and mussel are ; the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude mass or lump, which, in time, cometh to the shape and form of a bird : when it is perfectly formed,...
Full view - About this book

Ornithological Dictionary of British Birds

George Montagu - Birds - 1831 - 670 pages
...whereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even BS the fish of oysters and muscles are : and the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude mass or lump, which in time cometh into the shape and form of a bird. When it is perfectly formed,...
Full view - About this book

The Domestic Habits of Birds..

James Rennie - Birds - 1833 - 406 pages
...cqlbur ; one end wereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of oysters and mussel are ; the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude mass or lump, which, in time, cometh tp the shape and form of a bird; when it is perfectly formed,...
Full view - About this book




  1. My library
  2. Help
  3. Advanced Book Search
  4. Download EPUB
  5. Download PDF