 | William Bingley - Animal behavior - 1803 - 606 pages
...the midst of those extensive plains where it is accustomed to wander ; it likewise makes a further use of it in defending itself against the attacks of birds of prey ; on these occasions it throws * SYNONYMS.— Otis tarda. Linn. — Outsr.ie. Buff. — Bustard. hghby.... | |
 | 1801 - 432 pages
...in the midst of thos^ dreary plains where it is accustomed to wander ; i( likewise makes a further use of it in defending itself against the attacks of birds of prey ; on tuch occasion! it throws out the water with such violence, as not (infrequently to baffle the pursuit... | |
 | Birds - 1816 - 338 pages
...without drinking. It was fed with the leaves of cabbages and other greens, and also with flesh and bread. use of it in defending itself against the attacks...island than at present ; they are now found only in the opeu countries of the South and East, in the plains of Wiltshire, Dorsetshire, and in some parts of... | |
 | Thomas Burgeland Johnson - Hunting - 1817 - 324 pages
...the midst of those extensive plains where it is accustomed to wander : it likewise makes a further use of it in defending itself against the attacks of birds of prey ; on these occasions it throws out the water with such violence, as not unfrequently to baffle the pur*... | |
 | Hunting - 1820 - 424 pages
...by them) with the following elucidation of the subject : — " Bustards were formerly more frequent in this island than at present ; they are now found only in the open countries of the southand the east, in the plains of Wiltshire; Dorsetshire, and in some parts ef Yorkshire;... | |
 | Thomas Bewick - Birds - 1826 - 446 pages
...in the midst of those dreary plains where it is accustomed to wander ;* it likewise makes a further use of it in defending itself against the attacks...occasions it throws out the water with such violence as to baffle the pursuit of its enemy. Bustards were formerly more common in this island than at present... | |
 | William Bingley - 1829 - 350 pages
...midst of those extensive plains where it is accustomed to wander. The Bustard likewise makes a further use of it, in defending itself against the attacks of birds of prey : on these occasions it throws out the water with such violence, as not unfrequently to baffle the pursuit... | |
 | Pierce Egan - Amusements - 1832 - 426 pages
...to meet with a single indi90 PIERCE EGAN'S BOOK OF SPORTS. vidual.' Bewick also remarks, ' that they were formerly more common in this island than at present ; they are now found only in the open countries of the south and east, in the plains of Wiltshire, Dorsetshire, and some parts of Yorkshire.'... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1835 - 450 pages
...circumstance of rare occurrence to meet with a single individual." Bewick also remarks, " that they were formerly more common in this island than at present;...now found only in the open counties of the south and east—in the plains of Wiltshire, Dorsetshire, and some parts of Yorkshire." In the few years that... | |
 | Mark Merriwell (pseud) - 1847 - 268 pages
...supply in the midst of those dreary plains where it is accustomed to wander. It likewise makes a further use of it in defending itself against the attacks of birds of prey, by throwing out the water with such violence as to baffle the pursuit of it's enemy. The female builds... | |
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It likewise makes a farther use of it in defending itself against the attacks of birds of prey. On such occasions, it throws out the water with such violence, as not unfrequently to baffle the pursuit of its enemy. 
