 | William Bingley - 1803 - 606 páginas
...notice of those I killed, and can aver, for a fact, that they get, at this time of the year, (September) a very large addition of feathers, all of which are...from thence ; now they begin on the belly, and end on the neck *." Their feet being feathered entirely to the toes, are protected from the cold of the... | |
 | 1820 - 468 páginas
...England, Mr Banks (now Sir Joseph Banks), Doctor Solandcr, and several other naturalists, having inquired of me, respecting the manner of these birds changing....I have killed on some high mountains in Scotland." Vol. ip 278. ABT. XI. — On the Proper Metliod of laying down a Ship's Track on Sea Charts, with some... | |
 | 1820 - 486 páginas
...vcry'large addition of feathers, all of which are white ; and that the coloured feathers at the sam» time change to white. , In spring, most of the •white...on the belly, and end at the neck. There are also pthannagans in this country, which are in all respects the same as those I have killed on some high... | |
 | William Bingley - 1829 - 350 páginas
...succeeded by coloured ones; or, I rather believe, all ihe white ones drop off, and they get an entirely new. set. At the two seasons they change very differently:...the spring beginning at the neck, and spreading from ihence; now the change begins on the belly, and ends at the neck. Their feet, by being feathered entirely... | |
 | Thomas Burgeland Johnson - 1848 - 1102 páginas
...drop off, and are succeeded by coloured ones ; or, I rather believe, all the white ones drop off, and they get an entire new set. At the two seasons they...change very differently : in the spring beginning by the neck and spreading from thence ; now they begin on the belly, and end on the neck." Their feet,... | |
 | John Fleming - 1851 - 272 páginas
...England, Mr Banks (now Sir Joseph Banks), Doctor Solander, and several other naturalists, having inquired of me respecting the manner of these birds changing...on the belly, and end at the neck. There are also ptarmigans in this country, which are in all respects the same as those I have killed on some high... | |
 | Charles Wendell Townsend, Glover Morrill Allen - 1907 - 166 páginas
...barren treeless areas of the Arctic zone especially from Hamilton Inlet northward, while Rcinhardt's Ptarmigan is found in the extreme northern parts of...on the belly, and end at the neck. There are also pthannagans in this country, which are in all respects, the same as those I have killed on some high... | |
 | George Cartwright - 1911 - 518 páginas
...by coloured ones: or, I rather believe, all the white ones drop off, and that they get an entirely new set.* At the two seasons they change very differently;...same as those I have killed on some high mountains in Scotland.8 Wednes., October 6, 1773. [At White Cove] I killed a brace of spruce-game with my rifle,... | |
 | George Cartwright - 1911 - 458 páginas
...coloured ones: or, I rather believe, all the white ones drop off, and that they get an entirely new set. 2 At the two seasons they change very differently; in...I have killed on some high mountains in Scotland. 8 Wednes., October 6, 1773. [At White Cove] I killed a brace of spruce-game with my rifle, and a diver... | |
 | George Cartwright - 1911 - 464 páginas
...coloured ones: or, I rather believe, all the white ones drop off, and that they get an entirely new set.2 At the two seasons they change very differently; in...same as those I have killed on some high mountains in Scotland.8 Wednes., October 6, 1773. [At White Cove] I killed a brace of spruce-game with my rifle,... | |
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I killed, and can aver, for a fact, that they get at this time of the year a very large addition of feathers, all of which are white ; and that the coloured feathers at the same time change to white. In spring, most of the white feathers drop off, and... 