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" When it is perfectly formed, the shell gapeth open, and the first thing that appeareth is the foresaid lace or string ; next come the legs of the bird hanging out, and as it groweth greater, it openeth the shell by degrees, till at length it is all come... "
Harry and Lucy Concluded;: Being the Last Part of Early Lessons - Page 42
by Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 336 pages
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Animal Biography: Or, Authentic Anecdotes of the Lives, Manners ..., Volume 2

William Bingley - 1803 - 606 pages
...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...that appeareth is the aforesaid lace or string ; next cometh the legs of the bird hanging out ; and, as it groweth greater, it openeth the shell by degrees,...
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The History, Ancient and Modern, of the Sheriffdoms of Fife and Kinross ...

Sir Robert Sibbald - 1803 - 510 pages
...are -. the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude masse or lumpe, which in time commeth to the shape and form of a bird : when it is perfectly...gapeth open, and the first thing that appeareth is the fore»aid lace or string ; next come the legs of the bird hanging out, and as it groweth greater it...
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General conchology; or, A description of shells, arranged according to the ...

William Wood - 1815 - 460 pages
...believed. Old Gerard, with inflexible credulity, declares that the shell contains a young bird, which " when it is perfectly formed, the shell gapeth open, and the first thing that appeareth is the lace, or string (the plumose tentacula) ; next come the legs of the bird hanging out, and as it groweth...
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History of Wonderful Fishes

1820 - 188 pages
...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 gapeth open, and the first thing that appeai-eth, is ttvs aforesaid lace or string ; next...
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Time's Telescope for ... ; Or, A Complete Guide to the Almanack

1823 - 400 pages
...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...that appeareth is the aforesaid lace or string ; next cometh the legs of the bird, hanging out; and, as it groweth greater, it openeth the shell by degrees,...
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Elements of Natural History: Invertebrata, &c

John Stark - 1828 - 542 pages
...are ; the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude 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 is the foresaid lace or string ; next come the legs of the bird hanging out, and as it groweth...
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Animal biography, or, Popular zoology, Volume 3

William Bingley - 1829 - 350 pages
...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...that appeareth is the aforesaid lace or string ; next cometh the legs of the bird hanging out; and, as the bird groweth greater, it openeth the shell by...
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The Architecture of Birds

James Rennie - 1833 - 422 pages
...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, the shell gapeth open, and the first thing that appeared) is the foresaid lace or string ; next come the legs of the bird hanging out, and as it groweth...
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Ornithological Dictionary of British Birds

George Montagu - 1831 - 670 pages
...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, the shell gapeth open, and then the first thing that nppeareth, is the aforesaid lace or string; next cometh the legs of the bird...
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The Domestic Habits of Birds

James Rennie - 1833 - 410 pages
...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...gapeth open, and the first thing that appeareth is the foresaid lace or string ; next come the legs of the bird hanging out, and as it groweth greater it...
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