 ... follow them, and when they stop before a flower it is only for a few moments. They poise themselves in an unsteady manner, their wings moving with inconceivable rapidity ; probe the flower, and then shoot off to another part of the tree. They do not...  The scientific and technical reader - Page 231by Scientific and technical reader - 1869 - 400 pagesFull view - About this book
 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - Science - 1871 - 440 pages
...myrtle ; then throwing them away, it goes for more. As Bates has said, Hummers "do not proceed in that methodical manner which bees follow, taking the flowers...of the tree to another in the most capricious way." No other vertebrate has a tubular tongue, an organ adapted for gathering both insects and honey. $... | |
 | Henry Walter Bates - Amazon River - 1863 - 396 pages
...rapidity, probe the flower, and then shoot off to another part of the tree. They do not proceed in that methodical manner which bees follow, taking the flowers...but skip about from one part of the tree to another iii the most capricious way. Sometimes two males close with each other and fight, mounting upwards... | |
 | English periodicals - 1863 - 580 pages
...another part of the tree. They do not proceed in that methodical manner in which bees follow, tailing the flowers seriatim, but skip about from one part of the tree to the other in the most capricious way. Sometimes two males close with each other and fight, mounting... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1866 - 884 pages
...methodical manner which bees follow, taking tho flowers seriatim, hut skip about from one part to another lu the most capricious way. Sometimes two males close with each other and flght, mounting upwards In the struggle as Insecte are often seen to do when similarly engaged, and... | |
 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - Science - 1871 - 440 pages
...myrtle ; then throwing them away, it goes for more. As Bates has said, Hummers " do not proceed in that methodical manner which bees follow, taking the flowers...of the tree to another in the most capricious way." No other vertebrate has a tubular tongue, an organ adapted for gathering both insects and honey. %... | |
 | James Orton - Amazon River - 1876 - 714 pages
...myrtle ; then throwing them away, it goes for more. As Bates has said, Hummers "do not proceed in that methodical manner which bees follow, taking the flowers...of the tree to another in the most capricious way." No other vertebrate has a tubular tongue, an organ adapted for gathering both insects and honey.f No... | |
 | James Orton - Amazon River - 1875 - 672 pages
...myrtle ; then throwing them away, it goes for more. As Bates has said, Hummers "do not proceed in that methodical manner which bees follow, taking the flowers...of the tree to another in the most capricious way." No other vertebrate has a tubular tongue, an organ adapted for gathering both insects and honey, f... | |
 | 1877 - 900 pages
...rapidity, probe the flower, and then shoot off to another part of the tree. They do not proceed in that methodical manner which bees follow, taking the flowers...of the tree to another in the most capricious way. Mr. Belt remarks on the excessive rapidity of the flight of the hummingbird giving it a sense of security... | |
 | Alfred Russel Wallace - Nature - 1878 - 382 pages
...rapidity, probe the flower, and then shoot off to another part of the tree. They do not proceed in that methodical manner which bees follow, taking the flowers...of the tree to another in the most capricious way. Mr. Belt remarks on the excessive rapidity of the flight of the humming-bird giving it a sense of security... | |
 | Alfred Russel Wallace - Color - 1878 - 416 pages
...rapidity, probe the flower, and then- shoot off to another part of the tree. They do not proeeed in that methodical manner which bees follow, taking the flowers...about from one part of the tree to another in the most caprieious way. Mr. ISelt remarks on the exeessive rapidity of the flight of the humming-bird giving... | |
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