 ... Frith of Forth, it is certainly of more frequent occurrence than that species; and for one Weasel I have seen at least five or six Ermines. It frequents stony places and thickets, among which it finds a secure retreat, as its agility enables it to...  Miscellaneous Publications - Sivu 128tekijä(t) Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.) - 1877Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | 1843 - 854 sivua
...secure retreat, as its agility enables it to outstrip even a dog in a short race, and the slimness of its body allows it to enter a very small aperture....Patches of furze, in particular, afford it perfect Keeurity, and it sometimes takes possession of a rabbit's burrow. It preys on game and other birds,... | |
 | William Jardine - 1838 - 496 sivua
...secure retreat, as its agility enables it to outstrip even a dog in a short race, and the slimness of its body allows it to enter a very small aperture....afford it perfect security, and it sometimes takes "KWKossion of a rabbit's burrow. It preys on game and other birds, from the gi'ouse and ptarmigan downwards,... | |
 | William MacGillivray - 1838 - 428 sivua
...secure retreat, as its agility enables it to outstrip even a dog in a short race, and the slimness of its body allows it to enter a very small aperture....afford it perfect security, and it sometimes takes Tossossion of a rabbit's burrow. It preys on game and other birds, from the grouse and ptarmigan downwards,... | |
 | Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge - 1843 - 840 sivua
...secure retreat, as its agility enables it to outstrip even a dog in a short race, and the slimness of its body allows it to "enter a very small aperture. Patches of furze, in particular, atford it perfect «ecuritv, and it sometimes take» possession of a rabbit's burrow. It preys on game... | |
 | 1857 - 532 sivua
...secure retreat, as its agility enables it to outstrip even a dog in a short race, and the slimness of its body allows it to enter a very small aperture....afford it perfect security, and it sometimes takes pessession of a rabbit's burrow. It preys on game and other birds, from the grouse and ptarmigan downwards,... | |
 | William MacGillivray - 1866 - 464 sivua
...secure retreat, as its agility enables it to outstrip even a dog in a short race, and the slimness of its body allows it to enter a very small aperture....their eggs, and is a determined enemy to rats and voles. Young rabbits and hares frequently become victims to its rapacity, and even full-growu individuals... | |
 | 1877 - 1236 sivua
...race, and the elimness of its body allows it to enter a very small aperBailouts Monthly Magazine. ture. Patches of furze, in particular, afford it perfect...game and other birds, from the grouse and ptarmigan downward, sometimes attacks poultry or sucks their eggs, and is a determined enemy to rats and moles.... | |
 | Elliott Coues - 1877 - 414 sivua
...secure retreat, as its agility enables it to outstrip even a dog in a short race, and the slimness of its body allows it to enter a very small aperture....and hares frequently become victims to its rapacity, aud even full-grown individuals are sometimes destroyed by it. Although in general it does not appear... | |
 | Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota - 1892 - 330 sivua
...secure retreat, as its agility enables it to outstrip even a dog in a short race, and the slimness of its body allows it to enter a very small aperture....frequently become victims to its rapacity, and even full grown individuals are sometimes destroyed by it. Although in general it does not appear to hunt... | |
 | Clarence Luther Herrick - 1892 - 330 sivua
...secure retreat, as its agility enables it to outstrip even a dog in a short race, and the slimness of its body allows it to enter a very small aperture....frequently become victims to its rapacity, and even full grown individuals are sometimes destroyed by it. Although in general it does not appear to hunt... | |
| |
