 | Charles Darwin - 1874 - 840 lehte
...parachute, slowly descend in front of her, turning ' round gradually to shew off back and front Tho ' expanded white tail covered more space than all the...evidently the grand feature in the performance. Whilst one male was descending, the other would shoot up ' and come slowly down expanded. The entertainment would... | |
 | 1877 - 900 lehte
...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...rest of the bird, and was evidently the grand feature of the performance. Whilst one was descending, the other would shoot up and come slowly down expanded.1... | |
 | Alfred Russel Wallace - 1878 - 382 lehte
...white tail covered more space than all the rest of the bird, and was evidently the grand feature of the performance. Whilst one was descending the other would shoot up and come slowly down expanded.1 Food. — The food of humming-birds has been a matter of much controversy. All the early... | |
 | Alfred Russel Wallace - 1878 - 416 lehte
...turning round gradually to show olT both back and front. The expanded white tail covered more spaee than all the rest of the bird, and was evidently the grand feature of the performanee. Whilst one was deseending the other would shoot up and come slowly down expanded.1... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1881 - 986 lehte
...from their great velocity of movement and from not having the metallic lustre of the rest of the body. The expanded white tail covered more space than all...rest of the bird, and was evidently the grand feature of the performance. Whilst one was descending, the other would shoot up, and come slowly down expanded.... | |
 | 1881 - 978 lehte
...from their great velocity of movement and from not having the metallic lustre of the rest of the body. The expanded white tail covered more space than all...rest of the bird, and was evidently the grand feature of the performance. Whilst one was descending, the other would shoot up, and come slowly down expanded.... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden - 1881 - 984 lehte
...from their great velocity of movement and from not having the metallic lustre of the rest of the body. The expanded white tail covered more space than all...rest of the bird, and was evidently the grand feature of the performance. Whilst one was descending, the other would shoot up, and come slowly down expanded.... | |
 | Alfred Russel Wallace - 1891 - 516 lehte
...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...rest of the bird, and was evidently the grand feature of the performance. Whilst one was descending the other would shoot up and come slowly down expanded.... | |
 | Alfred Russel Wallace - 1891 - 518 lehte
...white tail covered more space than all the rest of the bird, and was evidently the grand feature of the performance. Whilst one was descending the other would shoot up and come slowly down expanded.1 Food The food of humming-birds has been a matter of much controversy. All the early writers,... | |
 | Eliza Burt Gamble - 1894 - 402 lehte
...parachute, slowly descend in front of her, turning round gradually to shew off back and front. . . . The expanded white tail covered more space than all...evidently the grand feature in the performance. Whilst one male was descending, the other would shoot up and come slowly down expanded. The entertainment would... | |
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... back and front.... The expanded white tail covered more space than all the rest of the bird, and was evidently the grand feature in the performance. Whilst one male was descending, the other would shoot up and come slowly down expanded. 
