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... mandibles , the pressure eliminating the slimy earth , which adheres to the bill and hardens rapidly . The snipe will spend many minutes cleansing his beak after feeding at a distance from water — and he usually has a thorough wash and ...
... mandibles , the pressure eliminating the slimy earth , which adheres to the bill and hardens rapidly . The snipe will spend many minutes cleansing his beak after feeding at a distance from water — and he usually has a thorough wash and ...
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... mandible of a snipe's bill being a little longer than the under one , it was with some perseverance and some difficulty that she picked up from the carpet a worm which was thrown to her . Except when she is very hungry , she generally ...
... mandible of a snipe's bill being a little longer than the under one , it was with some perseverance and some difficulty that she picked up from the carpet a worm which was thrown to her . Except when she is very hungry , she generally ...
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... mandible of the parrot till she had produced , not only a bill pre- eminently adapted to securing and breaking up the food of the bird , but also the equivalent to a third foot for climbing — or rather , considering its position , more ...
... mandible of the parrot till she had produced , not only a bill pre- eminently adapted to securing and breaking up the food of the bird , but also the equivalent to a third foot for climbing — or rather , considering its position , more ...
Stranica 187
... mandible is a nerve mass of the most extreme sensitiveness . No doubt this cushion , on account of its forward position , contains the nerves principally called into play as indicators of a worm's presence . The nerves on the upper mandible ...
... mandible is a nerve mass of the most extreme sensitiveness . No doubt this cushion , on account of its forward position , contains the nerves principally called into play as indicators of a worm's presence . The nerves on the upper mandible ...
Stranica 188
... mandible of the woodcock's bill exceeds the lower by slightly more than one - tenth of an inch . Hence , when the ... mandible touches the worm , and then to withdraw the lower mandible from the upper but the smallest distance - and then ...
... mandible of the woodcock's bill exceeds the lower by slightly more than one - tenth of an inch . Hence , when the ... mandible touches the worm , and then to withdraw the lower mandible from the upper but the smallest distance - and then ...
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