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" Muskles 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 appeareth is the... "
A Familiar History of Birds: Their Nature, Habits, and Instincts - Page 183
by Edward Stanley (bishop of Norwich) - 1835
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The History, Ancient and Modern, of the Sheriffdoms of Fife and Kinross ...

Sir Robert Sibbald - 1803 - 510 pages
...contained a thing in form like a lace Of silke finely woven as it were together, of a whitish colour ; one end whereof is fastened unto the inside of the...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...
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Animal Biography: Or, Authentic Anecdotes of the Lives, Manners ..., Volume 2

William Bingley - 1803 - 606 pages
...unto certain shells, in shape like those of the Muscle, but sharper pointed, and of a whitish colour, one end whereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of Oysters and Muscles are ; the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude masse or lump, which...
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History of Wonderful Fishes

1820 - 188 pages
...into certain shells, in shape like those of a tnugcle, but sharper pointed, and of a whitish colour. One end whereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of oysters and muscles, and the other end is made fast unto the belly, of a rude mass, which in time cometh...
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Time's Telescope for ... ; Or, A Complete Guide to the Almanack

1823 - 400 pages
...certain shells, in shape like those of the muscle, but sharper pointed, and of a whitish colour, and the end whereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of Oysters and muscles are ; and the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude masse or lump, which...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ..., Volume 6

1823 - 878 pages
...whitish colour, one end whereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, слеп us the fish of outers and muskles are ; the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude masa or lumpe, which in time commeth to the shape and forme of a bird : when it ii perfectly formed...
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Elements of Natural History: Invertebrata, &c

John Stark - 1828 - 542 pages
...contained a thing in form like a lace of silke finely woven as it were together, of a whitish colour ; one end whereof is fastened unto the inside of the...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...
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Animal biography, or, Popular zoology, Volume 3

William Bingley - 1829 - 350 pages
...certain shells, in shape like those of the muscle, but sharper pointed, and of a whitish colour, and the end whereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of oysters and muscles are: and the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude mass or lump, which...
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The Architecture of Birds

James Rennie - 1833 - 422 pages
...in form like a lace of silk finely woven as it were together, of a whitish colour ; one end wereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of oysters and mussel are ; the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude mass or lump, which, in...
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Ornithological Dictionary of British Birds

George Montagu - 1831 - 670 pages
...whereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even BS the fish of oysters and 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,...
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The Domestic Habits of Birds..

James Rennie - 1833 - 406 pages
...in form like a lace of silk finely woven as it were together^ of a whitish cqlbur ; one end wereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of oysters and mussel are ; the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude mass or lump, which, in...
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