... breast, ie a bare spot from which the feathers have fallen off with the heat in hatching; its egg is twice as big as that of a Solan goose, and is variously spotted, black, green, and dark ; it comes without regard 'to any wind, appears the first... Iceland: Its Scenes and Sagas - Page 23by Sabine Baring-Gould, Alfred Newton - 1863 - 447 pagesFull view - About this book
| United States National Museum - Science - 1919 - 880 pages
...taken away, she lays no more for that year ; she is whole footed, anil has the hatching spot upon her breast, ie, a bare spot from which the feathers have fallen off with the heat in hatching; Its egg is twice us big as that of a solan goose, and is variously spotted, black, green, and dark... | |
| Arthur Cleveland Bent - Birds - 1919 - 384 pages
...taken away, she lays no more for that year; she is whole footed, and has the hatching spot upon her breast, ie, a bare spot from which the feathers have fallen off with the heat in hatching; its egg is twice as big as that of a solan goose, and is variously spotted, black, green, and dark... | |
| Arthur Cleveland Bent - Science - 1919 - 386 pages
...lays no more for that year; she Is whole footed, and has the hatching spot upon her breast, 1. e., a bare spot from which the feathers have fallen off with the heat in hatching; Its egg is twice as big as that of a solan goose, and is variously spotted, black, green, and dark... | |
| United States National Museum - Science - 1919 - 688 pages
...lays no more for that year ; she is whole footed, and has the hatching spot upon her breast, 1. e., a bare spot from which the feathers have fallen off with the heat in hatching; Its egg is twice as big as that of a solan goose, and is variously spotted, black, green, and dark... | |
| Jeremy Gaskell - Nature - 2000 - 254 pages
...it lays no more for that year; it is Palmipes, or Whole-Footed, and has the Hatching spot upon its Breast, ie a bare Spot from which the Feathers have fallen off with the heat in Hatching; its egg is twice as big as that of a Solan Goose, and is variously spotted, Black, Green, 9 and Dark;... | |
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