单词 | boatbill |
例句 | The boatbill, of which only one species is known, seems to be merely a night-heron with an exaggerated bill,—so much widened as to suggest its English name,—but has always been allowed generic rank. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z Parker, in his notes upon the osteology of the bal�niceps, this bird recalls the boatbill, the heron, and the adjutant. Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891 While in quest of these, the blue heron, the large and small brown heron, the boatbill and muscovy duck now and then rise up before you. Wanderings in South America Bonaparte regards it as intermediate between the pelican and the boatbill. Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891 If we listen to Reinhurdt, we must place it, not alongside of the boatbill, but alongside of the African genus Scopus. Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891 The boatbill, says he, is merely a heron provided with a singular bill, which has but little analogy with that of the bal�niceps, and not a true resemblance. Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891 Verreaux believes that its nearest relative is the adjutant, whose ways it has, and that it represents in this group what the boatbill represents in the heron genus. Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891 The nostrils differ in form and position in those two birds, and in the boatbill there exists beneath the lower mandible a dilatable pouch that we do not find in the bal�niceps. Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891 |
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