 | 1857 - 532 sivua
...twenty yards over the fresh fallen snow, beneath which it was concealed, and the snow tightly pressed over it ; the little prowler displaying thereby a...was finally shot. We have ascertained by successful experiments, repeated more than a hundred times, that the Ermine can be employed, in the manner of... | |
 | Charles Henry Eden - 1876 - 272 sivua
...concealed, and the snow tightly pressed over it, the little prowler displaying thereby a habit of \vhich we became aware for the first time on that occasion....•was finally shot. We have ascertained by successful experiments, repeated more than a hundred times, that the ermine can be employed, in the manner of... | |
 | Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.) - 1877 - 418 sivua
...the body some twenty yards over the fresh fallen snow, beneath which it was concealed, and the" snow lightly pressed down over it; the little prowler displaying...was finally shot. We have ascertained by successful experiments, repeated more thau a hundred times, that the Ermine can be employed, in the manner of... | |
 | Elliott Coues - 1877 - 532 sivua
...the body some twenty yards over the fresh fallen snow, beneath which it was concealed, and the snow lightly pressed down over it ; the little prowler...was finally shot. We have ascertained by successful experiments, repeated more than a hundred times, that the Ermine can be employed, in the manner of... | |
 | Elliott Coues - 1877 - 414 sivua
...the body some twenty yards over the fresh fallen snow, beneath which it was coricealed, aud the snow lightly pressed down over it ; the little prowler...habit of which we became aware for the first time •n that occasion. To avoid a dog that was in close pursuit, it mounted a tree and laid itself flat... | |
 | Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota - 1892 - 330 sivua
...the body some twenty yards over the fresh fallen snow, beneath which it was concealed, and the snow lightly pressed down over it; the little prowler displaying...was finally shot. We have ascertained by successful experiments, repeated more than a hundred times, that the Ermine can be employed, in the manner of... | |
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... over it ; the little prowler displaying thereby a habit of which we became aware for the first time on that occasion. To avoid a dog that was in close pursuit, it mounted a tree and laid itself flat on a limb about twenty feet from the ground, from... 