 ... bill ; but as this artist has no paws to hold the nut firm while he pierces it, like an adroit workman, he fixes it as it were in a vice, in some cleft of a tree, or in some crevice, when, standing over it, he perforates the stubborn shell.  Animal Biography: Or, Authentic Anecdotes of the Lives, Manners, and Economy ... - Strana 313podľa William Bingley - 1803Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | Walter Johnson - 1928 - Počet stránok 372
...through it ; while the last picks an irregular ragged hole with its bill : but as this artist has no paws to hold the nut firm while he pierces it, like an...standing over it, he perforates the stubborn shell " (DB, LVI). An instance in which White, after methodical inspection, drew an excusably erroneous deduction,... | |
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