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" ... in shape like those of the muskle, but sharper pointed, and of a whitish colour, wherein is contained a thing in form like a lace of silke finely woven as it were together, of a whitish colour ; one end whereof is fastened unto the inside of the... "
The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine - Page 155
edited by - 1869
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Lives of eminent zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus

William MacGillivray - 1834 - 418 pages
...whereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of oysters and muscles are, and the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude mass or lump, which, in time, cometh into the shape and form of a bird. When it is perfectly formed,...
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Lives of Eminent Zoologists: From Aristotle to Linnaeus : with Introductory ...

William MacGillivray - 1834 - 420 pages
...whereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of oysters and muscles are, and the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude mass or lump, which, in time, cometh into the shape and form of a bird. When it is perfectly formed,...
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Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linaeus: With Remarks on the ...

William MacGillivray - 1834 - 408 pages
...whereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of oysters and muscles are, and the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude mass or lump, which, in time, cometh into the shape and form of a bird. When it is perfectly formed,...
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The Conchologist

John Warren - 1834 - 262 pages
...whereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of oysters and muscles are, and the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude mass or lump, which in time cometh into the shape and form of a bird: when it is perfectly formed,...
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A Familiar History of Birds: Their Nature, Habits, and Instincts, Volumes 1-2

Edward Stanley (bishop of Norwich) - 1835 - 324 pages
...thing in form like a lace of silke, finely woven as it were together; one end whereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of oisters...end is made fast unto the belly of a rude masse or lump, which in time cometh to the shape and form of a bird ; when it is perfectly formed, the shell...
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The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful ..., Volume 4

1835 - 566 pages
...together, of a whitish colour ; one end whereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even з-> the fish of oisters and muskles are : the other end...the belly of a rude masse or lumpe, which in time corameth to the shape and form of a bird : when it is perfectly formed the shell gapeth open, and the...
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The Conchologist's Text-book: Embracing the Arrangements of Lamarck and ...

Thomas Brown - 1835 - 234 pages
...whitish colour, one end whereof is fastened into the inside of the shell, even as the fish of Oysters and Muskles are ; the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude mass or lumpe, which in time commeth to the shape and form of a bird ; when it is perfectly formed...
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Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of ..., Volume 3

John Claudius Loudon - 1838 - 794 pages
...lace of silke, finely woven as it were together, of a whitish colour, one end whereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of oisters and muskles ; the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude mass, or lumpe, which in time cometh to the shape...
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Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of ..., Volume 3

John Claudius Loudon - 1838 - 784 pages
...one end whereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of oisters and muskles ; the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude mass, or lumpe, which in time cometh to the shape and form of a bird. When it is perfectly formed,...
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The Sporting review, ed. by 'Craven'., Volumes 53-54

John William Carleton - 1865 - 1236 pages
...thing in form like a lace of silke, finely woven, as it were together ; one end wherof is fastened into the inside of the shell, even as the fish of oisters...are ; the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rnde masse or lump, which in time cometh to the shape and form of a bird : when it is perfectly formed,...
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