 | William Bingley - 1803 - 606 ページ
...end, splits the shell in two with his long fore-teeth, as a man does with his knife ; the field-mouse nibbles a hole with his teeth, as regular as if drilled with a * SYNONYMS.—Sitta Europea. Linn.—Sittlelle ou Torchepot. Buff.—Nuthatch or Nut-jobber. Willuglby.—Woodcracker.... | |
 | William Bingley - 1805 - 580 ページ
...end, splits the shell in two with his long fore-teeth, as a man does with his knife ; the Field-mouse nibbles a hole with his teeth, as regular as if drilled with a whimblc, and jet so small that one would wonder how the kernel could be extracted through it; while... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1826 - 462 ページ
...end, splits the shell in two with his long fore-teeth, as a man does with his knife : the field-mouse nibbles a hole with his teeth as regular as if drilled with a wimble, and yet so small that it is wonderful how the kernel can be extracted through it : while the nut-hatch picks an irregular... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 424 ページ
...after rasping ofTthe small end, splits the shell in two with his long fore feet, as a man does with his knife ; the second nibbles a hole with his teeth,...yet so small that one would wonder how the kernel can be extracted through it : while the last pecks an irregular ragged hole with its bill ; but as... | |
 | William Bingley - 1829 - 392 ページ
...Albin.—Bere. Birds, p. 121.— Penn. Brit. Zool. uol. i. p. 38. regular as if drilled with a whimble, and yet so small that one would wonder how the kernel could be extracted through it; while the Nut-hatch picks an irregular ragged hole with his bill; but, as he has no paws to hold the nut firm... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - 1833 - 640 ページ
...rasping off the small end, splits the shell in two with his long fore-teeth, as a man does with his knife ; the second nibbles a hole with his teeth,...yet so small that one would wonder how the kernel can be extracted through it : while the last picks an irregular ragged hole with its bill : but as... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1833 - 410 ページ
...with his long fore teeth, as a man does with his knife ; the second nibbles a hole with his teeth, so regular as if drilled with a wimble, and yet so small that one would wonder how the kernel can be extracted through it ; while the last picks an irregular ragged hole with its bill ; but as... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1833 - 338 ページ
...with his long fore teeth, as a man does with his knife; the second nibbles a hole with his teeth, so regular as if drilled with a wimble, and yet so small that one would wonder how the kernel can be extracted through it; while the last picks an irregular ragged hole with its bill; but as this... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1834 - 492 ページ
...end, splits the shell in two with his long fore-teeth, as a man does with his knife : the field-mouse nibbles a hole with his teeth as regular as if drilled with a wimble, and yet so small that it is wonderful how the kernel can be extracted through it ; while the nut-hatch picks an irregular... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1834 - 416 ページ
...end, splits the shell in two with his long fore-teeth, as a man does with his knife : the field-mouse nibbles a hole with his teeth as regular as if drilled with a wimble, and yet so small that it is wonderful how the kernel can be extracted through it: while the nuthatch picks an irregular ragged... | |
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Knife ; the second nibbles a hole with his teeth, as regular as if drilled with a wimble, and yet so small that one would wonder how the kernel could be extracted through it ; while the last picks an irregular ragged hole with its bill : but as this artist... 
