 | Charles Darwin - 1874 - 840 lehte
...describing the beauty of the Florisuga mellivora, says, I have seen the female sitting on a branch, and two males ' displaying their charms in front of...descend in front of her, turning ' round gradually to shew off back and front Tho ' expanded white tail covered more space than all the rest of the ' bird,... | |
 | 1877 - 900 lehte
...describes how two males of the Florisuga mellivora displayed their ornaments before a female bird. One would shoot up like a rocket, then suddenly expanding...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 - 1878 - 416 lehte
...deseribes how two males of the Florisuga mellivora displayed their ornaments before a female bird. One would shoot up like a rocket, then, suddenly expanding the snow-white tail like au inverted parachute, slowly deseend in front of her, turning round gradually to show olT both back... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1881 - 986 lehte
...competition was conducted after the following manner: "I have seen the female sitting quietly on a branch, and two males displaying their charms in front of...parachute, slowly descend in front of her, turning around gradually to show off both back and front. The effect was heightened by the wings being invisible... | |
 | 1881 - 978 lehte
...competition was conducted after the following manner: "I have seen the female sitting quietly on a branch, and two males displaying their charms in front of...parachute, slowly descend in front of her, turning around gradually to show off l>otli back and front. The effect was heightened hy the wings being invisible... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden - 1881 - 984 lehte
...competition was conducted after the following manner: "I have seen the female sitting quietly on a branch, and two males displaying their charms in front of...her. One would shoot up like a rocket, then suddenly expand iug the snow-white tail like an inverted parachute, slowly descend in front of her, turning... | |
 | Alfred Russel Wallace - 1891 - 516 lehte
...describes how two males of the Florisuga mellivora displayed their ornaments before a female bird. One would shoot up like a rocket, then, suddenly expanding...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... | |
 | Eliza Burt Gamble - 1894 - 402 lehte
...describing the beauty of the Florisuga mellivora, says : "I have seen the female sitting on a branch, and two males displaying their charms in front of...descend in front of her, turning round gradually to shew off back and front. . . . The expanded white tail covered more space than all the rest of the... | |
 | Edward Westermarck - 1894 - 678 lehte
...Mr. Belt (loc. cit. p. 112) has seen the female of Florisuga, mellivora sitting quietly on a branch, and two males displaying their charms in front of...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 - 1896 - 890 lehte
...describing the beauty of the Florisuga, mellivtrra, says, " I have seen the female sitting on a branch, and two males " displaying their charms in front of...descend in front of her, turning ' round gradually to shew off hack and front The " expanded white tail covered more space than all the rest of the " bird,... | |
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I-have seen the female sitting quietly on a hranch, 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... 
