 I have seen the female sitting on a branch, and two males displaying their charms in front of her. One would shoot up like a rocket, then suddenly expanding the snow-white tail, like an inverted parachute, slowly descend in front of her, turning round...  The Naturalist in Nicaragua - Page 113by Thomas Belt - 2005 - 448 lehteLimited preview - About this book
 | 1877 - 900 lehte
...would shoot up like a rocket, then suddenly expanding the snow-white tail like an inverted parachute, slowly descend in front of her, turning round gradually to show off both back and front. The expanded white tail covered more space than all the rest of the bird, and was evidently the grand feature... | |
 | Alfred Russel Wallace - 1891 - 516 lehte
...would shoot up like a rocket, then, suddenly expanding the snow-white tail like an inverted parachute, slowly descend in front of her, turning round gradually to show off both back and front. The expanded white tail covered more space than all the rest of the bird, and was evidently the grand feature... | |
 | Edward Westermarck - 1894 - 678 lehte
...would shoot up like a rocket, then suddenly expanding the snow-white tail like an inverted parachute, slowly descend in front of her, turning round gradually to show off both back and front. . . . The expanded white tail covered more space than all the rest of the bird, and was evidently the grand feature... | |
 | Edward Westermarck - 1901 - 676 lehte
...would shoot up like a rocket, then suddenly expanding the snow-white tail like an inverted parachute, slowly descend in front of her, turning round gradually to show off both back and front The expanded white tail covered more space than all the rest of the bird, and was evidently the grand feature... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1905 - 450 lehte
...would shoot up like a rocket, then suddenly expanding the snow-white tail, like an inverted parachute, slowly descend in front of her, turning round gradually to show off back and front. . . . The expanded white tail covered more space than all the rest of the bird, and... | |
 | 1902 - 662 lehte
...snow-white tail like an inverted parachute, slowly descend in front of her, turning round gradually to show both back and front. The effect was heightened by...invisible from a distance of a few yards, both from theU great velocity of movement and from not having the metallic lustre of the rest of the body. The... | |
 | Jane Johnstone Christie - 1912 - 348 lehte
...would shoot up like a rocket, then suddenly expanding his snowwhite tail like an inverted parachute, slowly descend in front of her, turning round gradually to show off back and front. While he was descending, the other would shoot up and come down slowly after the same... | |
 | Eliza Burt Gamble - 1916 - 432 lehte
...would shoot up like a rocket, then suddenly expanding the snow-white tail, like an inverted parachute, slowly descend in front of her, turning round gradually to show off back and front. . . . The expanded white tail covered more space than all the rest of the bird, and... | |
 | Helena Cronin - 1991 - 510 lehte
...inverted parachute, slowly descend in front of her, turning round gradually to shrni' off both backhand front. The effect was heightened by the wings being...movement and from not having the metallic lustre of the re.it ot the body. The expanded white tail covered more space than all the rest of the bird, and was... | |
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