 | 1786 - 508 sider
...Sir Jofeph Banks, it ihould feem probable that this character arifes from a change at a late period of the animal's life, and does not grow up with it from the beginning. This lady had for fome time bred pheafants, and paid particular attention to them. One o£ the hens,... | |
 | 1840 - 522 sider
...Sir Joseph Banks, it appears probable that this change of character takes place at an advanced period of the animal's life, and does not grow up with it from the beginning. This lady, who had for some time bred pheasants, and paid particular attention to them, observed that... | |
 | 1840 - 530 sider
...Sir Joseph Banks, it appears probable that this change of character takes place at an advanced period of the animal's life, and does not grow up with it from the beginning. This lady, who had for some time bred pheasants, and paid particular attention to them, observed that... | |
 | Walter B. Dickson - 1847 - 382 sider
...male. The celebrated physiologist, Mr. John Hunter, in his work on the " Animal Economy," is of opinion that " this change of character takes place at an advanced age of the animal.s life, and does not o ' grow up with it from the beginning." Mr. Butler expresses a similar... | |
 | Daniel Jay Browne - 1850 - 342 sider
...certain circumstances, the plumage of the male. Hunter, in his work on " Animal Economy," is of opinion that " this change of character takes place at an...and does not grow up with it from the beginning." Mr. Butler, another English physiologist, expresses a similar opinion still more strongly, namely,... | |
 | 1840 - 524 sider
...Sir Joseph Banks, it appears probable that this change of character takes place at an advanced period of the animal's life, and does not grow up with it from the beginning. This lady, who had for some time bred pheasants, and paid particular attention to them, observed that... | |
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... oviduct. As the observations hitherto made have been principally upon birds found wild, little of their history can be known; but from what took place in a hen pheasant in the possession of a friend of Sir Joseph Banks, it appears probable that this... 