 ... to the surrounding objects. If they are drawn from the nest by means of their legs, they hold on firmly to the twigs both with their bill and wings ; and if the nest be upset by means of a rod pushed up from below, they hold on to all objects with...  Country-side: A Wildlife Magazine - Página 321907Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1890 - 566 páginas
...the nest be upset by means of a rod pushed up from below, they hold on to all objects with which they come in contact by means of bill, feet, and wings,...level. When the parent bird is driven from the nest, owing to the close approach of a boat, generally through an opening cut in the floating Bundoorie pimpler,... | |
 | United States National Museum - 1893 - 1272 páginas
...the nest be upset by means of a rod pushed up from below, they hold on to all objects with which they come in contact by means of bill, feet, and wings,...to reach objects above them, but also, •with the heli> of the clawed wings, to raise themselves to a higher level. "When the parent bird is driven from... | |
 | United States National Museum - 1895 - 1260 páginas
...the nest be upset by means of a rod pushed up from below, they hold on to all objects with which they come in contact by means of bill, feet, and wings,...level. When the parent bird is driven from the nest, owing to the close approach of a boat, then the young birds, unless they be only quite recently hatched,... | |
 | Richard Lydekker, William Forsell Kirby, Bernard Barham Woodward, Randolph Kirkpatrick, Reginald Innes Pocock, Richard Bowdler Sharpe, Walter Garstang, Francis Arthur Bather, Henry Meyners Bernard - 1897 - 800 páginas
...the nest be upset by means of a rod pushed up from below, they hold on to all objects with which they come in contact by means of bill, feet, and wings,...clawed wings to raise themselves to a higher level. One curious feature noticed with a nestling which had been upset in the river, was its power of rapid... | |
 | Frederic Augustus Lucas - 1913 - 334 páginas
...objects with which they come in contact by bill, feet, and wings, making considerable use of the bill, with the help of the clawed wings, to raise themselves to a higher level. Thus, by putting these various facts together h Fig. 15. — • Young Hoactzins. we obtain some pretty... | |
 | American Museum of Natural History - 1913 - 330 páginas
...objects with which they come in contact by bill, feet, and wings, making considerable use of the bill, with the help of the clawed wings, to raise themselves to a higher level. Thus, by putting these various facts together Fig. 15. — Young Hoactzins. we obtain some pretty good... | |
 | Charles Chubb - 1916 - 664 páginas
...the nest be upset by means of a rod pushed up from below, they hold on to all objects with which they come in contact by means of bill, feet, and wings,...level. When the parent bird is driven from the nest, owing to the close approach of a boat, generally through an opening cut in the floating Bundoorie pimpler,... | |
 | Frederic Augustus Lucas - 1922 - 236 páginas
...objects with which they come in contact by bill, feet, and wings, making considerable use of the bill, with the help of the clawed wings, to raise themselves to a higher level.1 Thus, by putting these various facts together we obtain some pretty good ideas regarding the... | |
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