 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1872 - 758 pages
...are continually landing, and an equal number going to sea. "They are arranged, when on shore, in as compact a manner, and in as regular ranks as a regiment...sitting hens in a third, the clean birds in a fourth, <fec.; and so strictly do birds in similar conditions congregate, that should a bird that is moulting... | |
 | Thomas Rymer Jones - 1872 - 490 pages
...are continually landing, and an equal number going to sea. They are arranged, when on shore, in as compact a manner, and in as regular ranks, as a regiment...sitting hens in a third, the clean birds in a fourth, £c. ; and so strictly do birds in a similar condition congregate, that, should a bird that is moulting... | |
 | World - 1874 - 452 pages
...as regularly as a regiment of soldiers, and in as compact a manner ; the young birds in one place, the moulting birds in another, the sitting hens in a third, the clean birds in a fourth ; and so strictly is the order kept, that if a bird of one class intrude itself into the ranks of another... | |
 | Brighton and Hove Natural History and Philosophical Society, Brighton - 1874 - 800 pages
...in a very upright attitude, in which position they might be seen in countless numbers arranged in as compact a manner and in as regular ranks as a regiment of soldiers, and classed with the greatest order, the moulting birds in one place, the yonng ones in another, the sitting... | |
 | John George Wood - 1875 - 464 pages
...according to their age, sex, and condition. For example, as Mr. Bennett says, " The young birds are in one situation, the moulting birds in another, the...sitting hens in a third, the clean birds in a fourth, etc. And so strictly do birds in similar condition congregate, that should a bird that is moulting... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1877 - 800 pages
...regiment of soldiers. The order they observe is noteworthy : the young birds are collected in one place, the moulting birds in another, the sitting hens in a third, the clean hens in a fourth ; and so on. It is said that so strictly do birds in a similar condition congregate,... | |
 | John Hogg (publisher.) - 1878 - 536 pages
...them are constantly landing, and an equal number going to sea. They are arranged, when on shore, in as compact a manner, and in as regular ranks as a regiment...birds in a fourth, &c. ; and so strictly do birds in a similar condition congregate, that should a bird that is moulting intrude itself among those which... | |
 | National cyclopaedia - 1879 - 698 pages
...are continually landing, and an equal number going to sea. ' They are arranged, when on shore, in as compact a manner and in as regular ranks as a regiment...birds in another, the sitting hens in a third, the clenn birds in a fourth, &C. ; and so strictly do birds in similar condition congregate, that should... | |
 | 1884 - 588 pages
...sea. They are arranged, when on shore, in «* compact a manner and in as regular ranks as an gin>CIlf of soldiers, and are classed with the greatest order, the young birds being in one situation, the molting birds in A Moravian Mission in Alaska. 81 another, tha sitting hens in a third, the clean birds... | |
 | 1884 - 312 pages
...in a very upright attitude, in which position they may be seen in countless numbers arranged in as compact a manner and in as regular ranks as a regiment of soldiers, and classed with the greatest order, the moulting birds in one place, the young ones in another, the sitting... | |
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They are arranged, when on shore, in as compact a manner and in as regular ranks as a regiment of soldiers ; and are classed with the greatest order, the young birds being in one situation, the moulting birds in another, the sitting hens in a third, the... 
