 Essington that I thought this anything but some Australian mother's toy to amuse her child: there I was asked, one day, to go and see the "bird's playhouse...  Discoveries in Australia - עמוד 97מאת John Lort Stokes - 1846תצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | John Gould - 1848 - 162 דפים
...of construction I had seen at the Victoria River; the bird (Chlamydera nuchalis of Mr. Gould's work) was amusing itself by flying backwards and forwards,...and carrying it through the archway in its mouth." — Discoveries in Australia, vol. ii. p. 97. Genus PTILONORHYNCHUS. 260. Ptilonorhynchus holosericeus,... | |
 | 1852 - 620 דפים
...kind of construction I had seen at the Victoria River; the bird (Chlamydera nuchalis of Mr. Gould) was amusing itself by flying backwards and forwards,...and carrying it through the archway in its mouth."* This building of a bower-like structure for a play-ground, or even, as it seems, assembly-hall, is... | |
 | John Gould - 1865 - 666 דפים
...immediately recognized the same kind of construction I had seen at the Victoria River, and found the bird amusing itself by flying backwards and forwards, taking...and carrying it through the archway in its mouth." Head and all the upper surface greyish brown, the feathers of the former with a shining or satiny lustre;... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1871 - 470 דפים
...Birds of India,' vol. iii. p. 6 18. LOVE-ANTICS. 67 " amusing itself by flying backward and forward, taking a shell alternately from each side, and carrying it through the archway in its mouth." These curious structures, formed solely as halls of assemblages, where both sexes amuse themselves... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1871 - 540 דפים
...Bower-bird, which was seen "amusing itself by " flying backwards and forwards, taking a shell alter" nately from each side, and carrying it through the " archway in its mouth." These curious structures, formed solely as halls of assemblages, where both sexes amuse themselves... | |
 | Arthur Nicols - 1883 - 436 דפים
...until at last the female goes gently towards him. Captain Stokes also observed the male amusing himself by flying backwards and forwards, taking a shell alternately...each side and carrying it through the archway in its' bill. The nests of these birds, so far as they are known, exhibit none of the taste displayed in their... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1896 - 890 דפים
...described the habits and " play-houses " of another species, the Great Bower-bird, which was seen " amusing itself by flying " backwards and forwards,...and carrying it through the archway in its mouth." These curious structures, formed solely as halls of assemblage, where both sexes amuse themselves and... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1981 - 964 דפים
...Bower-bird, which was seen " amusing itself by " flying backwards and forwards, taking a shell alter" nately from each side, and carrying it through the " archway in its mouth." These curious structures, formed solely as halls of assemblages, where both sexes amuse themselves... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 2004 - 870 דפים
...455. The bower of the Satin Bower-bird may be seen in the Zoological Society's Gardens, Regent's Park. shell alternately from each side, and carrying it through the archway in its mouth'. These curious structures, formed solely as halls of assemblage, where both sexes amuse themselves and... | |
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