 | William Bingley - Animal behavior - 1803 - 606 pages
...The head, in form, resembled a Camel, but was, in size, about twice that of the Lybian Struthiurn, (Ostrich) and it rolled the eyes which had a film over them, very frightfully. " It differs in its gait from every other land or water animal, waddling in a contrary manner. Each leg... | |
 | William Bingley - 1829 - 392 pages
...like that of a swan. The head, in form, resembled a camel, but was, in size, about twice that of the Lybian ostrich, and it rolled the eyes, which had a film over them, very frightfully. It differed in its gait from every other land or water-animal, and waddled in a remarkable manner. Each leg did not... | |
 | Thomas Bingley - 1839 - 324 pages
...form resembled a camel's, but was in size about twice that of a Lybian ostrich ; and it rolled its eyes, which had a film over them, very frightfully. It differed in gait from every other land and water animal, and waddled in a remarkable manner ; each leg did not move alternately, but those... | |
 | Children's literature - 1850 - 740 pages
...head, in form, resembled a camel, but was, in size, about that of the Libyan ostrich, and it rolled its eyes, which had a film over them, very frightfully. It differed in its gait from every other land or water animal, and waddled in a remarkable manner. Each leg did not... | |
 | Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 840 pages
...of a Swan. The head, in form, resembled a Camel, but was in size, about tvvic£ that of the Libyan Ostrich; and it rolled the eyes, which had a film over them, very frightfully. It differed in its gait from every other land or water animal, and waddled in a remarkable manner. Each leg did not... | |
 | Richard James Morrison - 768 pages
...that of a swan ; the head, in form, resembled a camel's, but was in size about twice that of a Libyan ostrich ; and it rolled the eyes, which had a film...frightfully. It differed in gait from every other animal, terrestrial or aquatic, and waddled in a remarkable manner ; each leg was not moved alternately... | |
 | Joseph Foulkes Winks - 1853 - 786 pages
...form, resembles a camel, but was, in size, about twice that of the Libyan ostrich, and it rolled its eyes, which had a film over them, very frightfully. It differed in its gait from that of every other land or water animal, and waddled' in a remarkable manner. Each leg... | |
 | Animals - 1899 - 478 pages
...of a swan. The head, in form, resembled that of a camel, but it was in size about twice that of the Lybian ostrich ; and it rolled the eyes, which had...a film over them, very frightfully. It differed in its gait from any other land or water animal, and waddled in a remarkable manner. Each leg did not... | |
 | William Bingley - Zoology - 1871 - 1056 pages
...like that of a Swan. The head, in form, resembled a Camel, but was, in size, about twico that of the Lybian Ostrich, and it rolled the eyes, which had a film over them, very frightfully. It differed in its gait from every other land or water-anirnal, and waddled in a remarkable manner. Each leg did not... | |
 | Baptists - 1881 - 302 pages
...head, in form, resembled a camel, but was, in size, about that of the Libyan ostrich, and it rolled its eyes, which had a film over them, very frightfully. It differed in its gait from every other land or water animal, and waddled in a remarkable manner. Each leg did not... | |
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It differed in gait from every other land or water animal, and waddled in a remarkable manner ; each leg did not move alternately, but those on the right side moved together, independently of the other, and those on the left in the same manner, so that... 