| 单词 | moulting |
| 例句 | The compounds identified suggest that the fluid is derived from moulting fluids, which are produced when the larvae shed their outer cuticle as they develop into pupae. Ants Can Produce Milk for Their Young (and Old) 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z The Changpa carefully comb the hair during the spring moulting season to harvest the downy undercoat, and then the good fibre is laboriously separated from the bad by hand. The Cashmere crisis in the Himalayan ice desert 2020-03-15T04:00:00Z The Changpa carefully comb the goats’ hair during the spring moulting season to harvest the downy undercoat and then the good fibre is laboriously separated from the bad by hand. Cashmere country: the perils of making the world's finest fabric 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z After breeding, a European swift will stay aloft for nearly a year, flying to sub-Saharan Africa and back, eating and moulting and sleeping on the wing, without landing once. The radical otherness of birds: Jonathan Franzen on why they matter 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z Palm trees stood as tall as the ornate French colonial buildings that were moulting bits and pieces of decor like flesh-dripping zombies. The brutal world of sheep fighting: the illegal sport beloved by Algeria’s angry young men 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z “It was usually believed that the descriptions are different because they were wrong. But the descriptions were not wrong. Actually they describe the dodo in different states of moulting.” said Angst. Life cycle of the mysterious and long-dead dodo revealed by bone study 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z The exact reason for the behaviour is not known, but scientists speculate it is most likely to do with the process of moulting. Giant crab horde gathers in Australia - BBC News 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z Early moulting in 2012 caused a glut in lobsters and a drop in prices. Shell shock 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z Reviewers said his portrayal of the British landscape painter was "part Michelangelo, part Toad of Toad Hall" and likened him to "a moulting, phlegmy Gruffalo". Mr Turner sex scene tops UK film complaints - BBC News 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z Over this time they will triple in weight before moulting to reveal their distinguishing grey marks and waterproof coat for the first time. Seals filmed at night for first time 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z "We were told by a gamekeeper that when the pheasant began moulting he might calm down, but the weather's not been warm so he's still fully-feathered," she said. Love tames 'terrorist' pheasant 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z Copyright: Nicky Bay You’ve shot a number of insects in really distinct stages or behaviours, such as the planthopper’s defence mechanism or the house centipede after moulting. Photographer Nicky Bay's Purple Centipedes and Singapore Blues 2013-09-12T14:15:53.093Z With the warm weather this month, the nymphs have been crawling out of the ground before moulting for one last time and taking wing. Long-lived insects raise prime riddle 2013-05-29T17:20:23.740Z The moulting season having come, the "chicken lot" looks as if several feather beds had been emptied there. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z The young males, as usual before moulting, have the colours of the female; one of them, in an intermediate state, is in my possession. Zoological Illustrations, Volume II or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-19T02:00:34.283Z The growth of an insect is usually rapid, and as the cuticle does not share therein, it is from time to time cast off by moulting or ecdysis. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z One of the most memorable would be the scene of a beautiful moulting cicada, which I searched and stood for the entire morning to capture the entire sequence. Photographer Nicky Bay's Purple Centipedes and Singapore Blues 2013-09-12T14:15:53.093Z The laying continues, with few interruptions, till the close of summer, when the natural process of moulting causes them to cease. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z He is in full dress—his first suit, as it were—and is not subject to the moulting process at present. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z Among the hunting feats of the natives was the spring duck-hunting, when the birds are moulting and unable to fly. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z Although most of them had not finished moulting, they were constantly singing, and seemed perfectly contented with their desolate surroundings.” Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:17.560Z Accidentally touching and causing any arthropod to drop to the ground while moulting may cause permanent damage to it. Photographer Nicky Bay's Purple Centipedes and Singapore Blues 2013-09-12T14:15:53.093Z The approach of cold weather, also, at the close of the moulting period, contributes to the same result. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z It is strange, too, that his moulting season should last the year round. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z When a year old they acquire by moulting the mottled plumage of the adults, but do not attain their full size until the third year. Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:16.210Z Councillor Curran, who looked like a moulting bird, grey-skinned, unkempt, essayed to speak words of comfort; but she seemed not to understand. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z It only appears after the first moulting, and is much larger in the male than in the female. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z As the season of moulting is every year later, the older the hen is, the later in the spring she will begin to lay. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z Society is forever moulting, putting off and on, and is not happy. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z After nine or ten months the adult plumage is acquired, not by moulting, but by a gradual change in the colours of the feathers. Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:16.210Z During the natural process of moulting, hens cease laying because all the superabundant nutriment is required for the production of the new feathers. Poultry A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition. 2012-01-19T03:00:19.390Z Moult′ing, the act or process of moulting or casting feathers, skin, &c. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z This disease, common to confined fowls, should not be confounded with the natural process of moulting. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z If there is nothing better than to delve for clothes and wooden palaces, it were as well that there should be more moulting. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z At their first arrival on the sea-coast, they are exceeding good eating; but when in a moulting state, though very fat, they are in general so rank that few Europeans are fond of them. A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 New Edition with Introduction, Notes, and Illustrations 2011-12-26T03:00:13.520Z Therefore, by having pullets and hens of different ages, and moulting at different times, a healthy laying stock may be kept up. Poultry A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition. 2012-01-19T03:00:19.390Z When almost every other bird is moulting and moping, he warbles with the same fervour and timbre. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z In diseased moulting, where the feathers stare and fall off, till the naked skin appears, sugar should be added to the water which the fowls drink, and corn and hemp-seed be given. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z Ecdysteroid control of moulting is one of the defining features of arthropods. The genome of Tetranychus urticae reveals herbivorous pest adaptations 2011-11-23T18:21:26.577Z Having laid eggs from which chicks were raised, this pea-hen, after moulting, developed feathers proper to the other sex; appearing like a pied peacock. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z This method answers much better than clipping the quills of each wing, as the cut points are liable to inflict injuries and cause irritation in moulting. Poultry A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition. 2012-01-19T03:00:19.390Z This boy discovered for himself the screech owls' strange characteristic of changing their colour without changing their feathers, as moulting song birds change theirs. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z One hen of this variety laid just a hundred eggs, many of them on consecutive days, before wanting to incubate; and after rearing a brood successfully, she laid twenty-five eggs before moulting in autumn. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z The latter individual was moulting, patches of new fur having replaced the old on the top of the head midway between the ears and eyes, between the shoulders, and on the rump. Notes on the Mammals of Gogebic and Ontonagon Counties, Michigan, 1920 Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, Number 109 2011-10-15T02:00:26.690Z When the autumn foliage is all aglow with yellow and flame this tiny sprite comes out of the north, where neither nesting nor moulting could rob him of his cheerful spirits. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z If fowls intended for exhibition are allowed to sit, the chickens are apt to cause injury to their plumage, and loss of condition, while if prevented from sitting, they are liable to suffer in moulting. Poultry A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition. 2012-01-19T03:00:19.390Z In its youth the swamp white oak is comely and symmetrical, its untidy moulting habit concealed by the abundant foliage. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z Once or twice in the course of a year the whole plumage of the bird is renewed, the casting of the old feathers being called moulting. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z They are of a dark brown in their younger state, but become lighter and more clearly marked at each successive moulting, so that they are distinctly striped with black and yellow. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z "Sarah told me they had to take away all the looking-glasses every spring, or it cried the whole time it was moulting—over its tail feathers, you know," said the caller, thoughtfully. In a Mysterious Way 2011-09-25T02:00:17.377Z When fowls are neither laying well nor moulting, they should not be fed very abundantly; for in such a state over-feeding, especially with rich food, may cause them to accumulate too much fat. Poultry A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition. 2012-01-19T03:00:19.390Z "Have you e'er a good cleansing purge for a moulting hawk?" inquired Derrick Brown, whilst the doctor was unlocking the box. Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's 2011-09-11T02:00:10.443Z At the period of moulting, the caterpillars remain quiet for a short time, but they soon become active again and begin feeding with increased voracity. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z The moulting of birds, even within the same family, sometimes differs much without any assignable 214cause. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Volume II (1st Edition) 2011-06-27T02:01:01.007Z In the penguins this simultaneous method of moulting is carried still further. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z They lay regularly on an average five fine large eggs a week all the year round, even when snow is on the ground, except when moulting or tending their brood. Poultry A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition. 2012-01-19T03:00:19.390Z According to many naturalists the life of birds is lengthened by moulting, and that of women, too, I add; for they are always ailing until they have on a new plumage. The Invisible Lodge 2011-06-09T02:00:19.470Z During the next three weeks, this moulting process is repeated three times, the caterpillars becoming larger each time, and leaving their cast skins upon the denuded twigs. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z When the period of moulting has been accelerated, the age at which the colours of the adult plumage were first developed would falsely appear to us to have been earlier than it really was. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Volume II (1st Edition) 2011-06-27T02:01:01.007Z What different and interminable jokes would he not have made upon this moulting at another time, and under the influence of other feelings! Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z Mercy on us, no!—if that means sitting on a boulder like a moulting fowl, and gazing at nothing in particular. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z Bedad will I; and yourself ‘ud say the same, if you had as much spirit in you as a moulting chicken.” Humours of Irish Life 2011-04-19T02:00:16.057Z They then feed again and continue this process of feeding and moulting until early in summer. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z I have been writing a little now and then lately: but nothing to speak of—being discontented and as it were moulting. Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends 2011-03-30T02:00:14.620Z The bushes, glowing in autumnal splendor, look like huge moulting birds who shiveringly lose their feathers. Felix Lanzberg's Expiation 2011-03-15T02:00:14.763Z The owl's been moulting, ma'am—devilish sick—the moulting owl. The Tenants of Malory Volume 3 of 3 2011-03-04T03:00:53.937Z All the birds of this class are strangely inapprehensive of danger when moulting or hatching. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z It continues to feed through July and the early part of August, moulting once or twice before it begins to form the winter case. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z I have of late been moulting: not for fresh feathers and wings: they are gone, and in their stead I hope to have a pair of patient sublunary legs. Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends 2011-03-30T02:00:14.620Z What schemes have poultry men to bring this moulting at the most favorable season?What is a "balanced ration" as applied to fowls? A Guide for the Study of Animals 2011-01-18T03:00:14.913Z As soon as their broods were raised, you know, their feathers had begun to drop out, and they had kept on moulting until all of the old ones were gone and the new ones on. Among the Forest People 2011-01-17T03:00:55.113Z The reason of her ill-humour was that she had seen her lord and master flirt with a moulting old hatching hen, and she had felt ruffled at his behaviour. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z It continues to feed and grow for several weeks, moulting regularly until it becomes full fed as a caterpillar. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z Many other birds get a bright dress for the breeding season only, but the male Duck wears his bright dress for the whole year, except in the moulting period. An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use 2010-12-31T03:00:10.497Z The young males at first resemble the females, and it is only after the fourth moulting, according to A.R. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z When birds are moulting they never feel well, and when it is over they are both happy and proud. Among the Forest People 2011-01-17T03:00:55.113Z He always objected to children, and being naturally irritable from the effect of moulting, his temper became uncontrollable. Birds Illustrated by Color Photography [January, 1898] A Monthly Serial designed to Promote Knowledge of Bird-Life By that time it will again have reached its limit of growth within this second skin and the process of moulting must be repeated. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z Unlike most other birds, Swans and Ducks lose the whole of their wing feathers at once when moulting, so that for a short time they cannot fly. An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use 2010-12-31T03:00:10.497Z No sham there: no fear of her moulting a curl here and a tress there, if her back hair came undone. By Birth a Lady The cause of this apathy was soon explained; he was just over a season of moulting, or changing his skin! Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies All the romance of commerce was to be found in The Exchange and Mart together with practical hints on the moulting of canaries or red mange in collies. Sinister Street, vol. 1 This process of feeding and moulting is continued for several weeks, the number of moults being usually four. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z The geese were moulting at this time, and unable to fly; they afforded us much sport in their chase, and an excellent supper every night. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea In one of the most esteemed varieties, the wing and tail feathers are at first black—a peculiarity, however, which disappears after the first moulting. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" As, however, the worthy youth was "moulting," and in the listless estate which has been described, the Captain lay in bonds awaiting the revival of Proud's appetite. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies Many goose raisers in the South and a less number in the Middle West and North however still pluck the feathers from the live geese prior to the time of moulting. Ducks and Geese A week or so later it moults for the second time, and continues these processes of feeding and moulting until full grown, which is perhaps a month from the time of hatching from the egg. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z Then, holding the candle near the long pinions which were moulting their down in places, he murmured, "They are eaten away." Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels Privately, Rosemary felt as if her heart had been moulting, and she had not yet had time to grow her new spiritual feathers. The Head Girl at the Gables So felt I. Had I come a month later, this place would have suited me perfectly, but this process of human moulting is horrible to witness; and so, say I once more, En route. Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands The object in feeding and caring for the breeding ducks is to keep them from moulting and to keep them laying as long as possible. Ducks and Geese The eggs hatch during the latter part of September and the young caterpillars feed upon the violet leaves for two or three weeks, moulting perhaps twice and becoming approximately half grown. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z What is good for my canary while it is moulting? Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) His wings measured about five feet from tip to tip, though he was supposed to have only lately passed the perilous period of his first moulting, and to be quite young. Belford's Magazine, Vol 2, December 1888 The white ruff on the neck, and the similarly coloured feathers of the wing, do not appear until the completion of the first moulting. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" If marketing is delayed, the ducks will lose condition as the moulting progresses and will therefore be held at a loss. Ducks and Geese This process of moulting and feeding continues for two or three weeks, the caterpillar occasionally making a new covering as needed for its food supply. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z When states are moulting, it is all I can do to tell Vermont from Massachusetts. A Guest at the Ludlow and Other Stories It was now the rainy season, the birds were moulting; fifty-eight specimens of the handsomest of them in the neighbourhood of Pernambuco had been collected, and it was time to proceed elsewhere. Wanderings in South America The passing of winter in snow regions is like the moulting season of fowls, or the season when the furred world sheds its coat. In the Brooding Wild I have been wondering how much longer we were to be kept cooped up here like moulting falcons. Marguerite De Roberval A Romance of the Days of Jacques Cartier The caterpillar continues to use this nest number two as a place for remaining when not feeding and for protection during the process of moulting. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z He used to run about uttering low, nervous moans before moulting; and when his time came to mate, I thought he never would find the right doe. The Crow's Nest They seemed to be afflicted with some uncomfortable moulting disease. The Campfire Girls on the Field of Honor This soon came to be the regular thing, and all through the trying season of moulting he waited for me to bring a perch and restore him to the upper regions where he belonged. Upon The Tree-Tops It is not until the young are well grown, the moulting season is over and the summer pretty nearly the same that any blue jay gets his voice. Old Plymouth Trails They remain in these cases until the time for the first moult, when they are likely to line the inside of the silken web before moulting. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z These are also good when the bird is moulting. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes Master Francis Villon had propounded an alternative that afternoon at a tavern window: was it only Pagan Jupiter plucking geese upon Olympus? or were the holy angels moulting? The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 4 (of 25) After the young are hatched both old and young disport themselves about the water until moulting time. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 2, No. 3 September 1897 But the conqueror finds the provisions already reduced and insufficient to enable it to reach the moulting stage, at the end of which it could profit by the honey. The Industries of Animals It's also whispered that I'm moulting, but that, I know, isn't true. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 2, 1914 The old ones are in the process of the spring moulting; their thick, matted hair is peeling off in large flakes, like fragments of a ragged, moth-eaten coat. Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land Impressions of Travel in Body and Spirit His feathers were not so black and glossy as they had been,––the fact was, the moulting season had begun, and it was some time before he began to feel really bright and well again. What the Blackbird said A story in four chirps This diet may be continued till they have done moulting, or renewed at any time when they appear unhealthy, and afterwards they may be fed in the usual manner. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families Captain Brand, too, arose, and, opening his green-bluish eyes, smoothing his moulting feathers, and splashing his fins in the wet sand, took an observation. Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life May S.—You will find directions for treatment of moulting birds in Post-office Box No. 19. Harper's Young People, May 25, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly "Subscriber," New York.—It is not easy to stop a canary from moulting. Harper's Young People, March 9, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly At the beginning of September, as soon as moulting is completed, this bird returns to its birthplace, apparently in order to take possession of the nest. The Sexual Life of the Child Professional people are like wild geese—roosting on air and moulting their names like feathers. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 Have they flown elsewhere and left their mates to endure the dangers of moulting alone? The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year To the teacher.—The moulting of the nymph is a very interesting process to observe and so is the laying of the eggs by the female in a burrow that she prepares in the soil. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study This is the result of a kind of superficial moulting. Bird Stories from Burroughs Sketches of Bird Life Taken from the Works of John Burroughs The grey wood wren begins to sing before the first moulting, but sings more powerfully during and after moulting, right on into the month of October, singing like a full-grown bird. The Sexual Life of the Child The male while moulting assumes very nearly the color of the female, a dull brown, the rich plumage not returning for two or three months. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 1, No. 5 May, 1897 In the spring, however, a noticeable change takes place, but neither by the moulting nor the coming in of plumage. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year On leaving the nest they, accompanied by their parents, seek a more favorable situation until after the moulting season. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 1, No. 4 April, 1897 By that time his little folk are full grown, and can take care of themselves, and he is getting on his winter suit, or moulting. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes The bird is losing all the feathers from her neck, though it is not yet the time for moulting. Little Folks A Magazine for the Young (Date of issue unknown) She paid her daily visits to the cages, forcing the robin to take an outing, which he did not care to do while moulting and not very sure of his powers. In Nesting Time Usually with the degree of heat we keep here the first moulting takes place within eight days. The Story of Silk It is only in the moulting season that he does not sing. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 1, No. 4 April, 1897 In autumn, however, after moulting, he looks as if bedecked with white pearls. The Nursery, December 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 6 This process of moulting is repeated two or three times at intervals during the life of the insect. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 After moulting, the birds feathered out beautifully, and their spirits rose in proportion. In Nesting Time The larvæ attain their full size after moulting twice. Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses On landing I found only moulting barnacle geese. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II “He sure was moulting,” said he, as he dropped letter after letter on the floor. The Man Who Lost Himself After the last moulting the worm climbs the brambles placed to receive it, and spins among them its cocoon. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 Mr. Cornish came, gradually moulting his mystery; but still far above the Lattimore standard in dress and style of living. Aladdin & Co. A Romance of Yankee Magic I haven't set eyes on him for weeks," was the answer, "so he is probably moulting; this is the time of year. Tales of Fantasy and Fact As they sing most of the time, except when they are asleep, or when moulting, they must have a lot of happiness in their lives. Woodland Tales I’m not moulting, or you might have had one or two of my feathers to stick on for a tail,” he added. Dick, Marjorie and Fidge A Search for the Wonderful Dodo On May 2 a worm which had just finished its fourth moulting was examined. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 Even when moulting their feathers, or when young, they can escape—fluttering over the surface of the water faster than a canoe can be paddled. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire They do this, perhaps, because these wild territories afford them a better security during the season of incubation, and afterwards of moulting. The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North The moulting birds sit by themselves; and the bachelors, I conclude, have also to dwell in solitude. Old Jack I shouldn’t have thought you had any to spare for moulting purposes,” said the Archæopteryx. Dick, Marjorie and Fidge A Search for the Wonderful Dodo Ecdysis: the process of casting the skin; moulting. Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology After the last moulting of the skin the worm begins to spin a cocoon about itself. Little Busybodies The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, and Other Busybodies Sometimes they disguise their canoes under brushwood, and paddle to the edge of the flock; and when the moulting season comes round, they pursue them through the water, and kill them with sticks. The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North Periods of moulting, of putting on new skins, and the like, are never periods of extreme physical vigour. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) “His wing is grown since the moulting,” said Stephen. The Armourer's Prentices After a time I began to let him out for an hour or two, first releasing him when he was moulting and could not fly very easily. Wild Nature Won By Kindness But the hens' feathers are coming out and they're moulting—I heard Ruth say so. The Corner House Girls at School When moulting, and unable to rise into the air, it is no easy matter to follow them even with a canoe. The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North Perhaps there is some irritation and unpleasantness connected with moulting which causes a dejection of spirit. The Bird Study Book Are they regulated in their motions with us by a defect of food, or by a propensity to moulting, or by a disposition to rest after so rapid a life, or by what? The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 After his summer moulting he became wonderfully vigorous, and would fly round the room with such velocity that I often felt afraid he might some day fly against the plate-glass windows and injure himself. Wild Nature Won By Kindness You went and sat right down in the middle of my Alice-doll's old cradle, and on her best knit coverlet, and went to sleep—and you're moulting! The Corner House Girls at School Autumn had changed to winter, and still the hens were moulting, and there were no eggs. Peggy in Her Blue Frock In a few cases birds begin to migrate before this moulting takes place, but with the great majority the moult is complete before they leave their summer homes. The Bird Study Book When moulting keep warm and avoid all draughts of air. The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference They are taught continuously for nine months, and the lesson is repeated throughout the first moulting, as during that change the young birds are apt to forget all that they have previously acquired. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Milton apparently uses it in the sense of 'renewing by the process of moulting.' A Book of English Prose Part II, Arranged for Secondary and High Schools Peggy and Alice had hunted with such anxious care, every morning in Hotel Hennery, to see if they could find any eggs, and each morning they were disappointed; for all the hens were moulting. Peggy in Her Blue Frock As for her silly nonsense, she is evidently in the moulting state, and I prophesy that by the time baby has the measles we shall hear no more of it. The Opinions of a Philosopher The Countess and the Infant were dressed as for a royal garden party, and Terry and I would have felt like moulting sparrows had not Miss Destrey's plain white cotton kept us in countenance. My Friend the Chauffeur When I had more than one change of raiment these appendages remained in their places, now they drop off as though I were a moulting fowl. Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris If the worm has fastened itself for the purpose of moulting, the best way is to remove the entire branch, clipping off all the dried leaves before so removing it. Scientific American, Volume XXIV., No. 12, March 18, 1871 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. They killed, however, two swans that were moulting, several cranes and many gray geese. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 2 It stays down there, eating and growing and moulting, for nine or ten months or even longer; then something very wonderful happens. The Insect Folk One might account for it supposing the Antwerp skin to be that of a young bird, or of a moulting bird, or perhaps of a different sex from the bird whose feather I had secured. In Search of the Unknown Game is, as a rule, very tame, and during the moulting season, when the geese are unable to fly, it is quite possible to kill them with a stick. The First Landing on Wrangel Island With Some Remarks on the Northern Inhabitants The proper position for the process of moulting has now been assumed and the proper stability assured. Social Life in the Insect World We procured also some caccawees, which were then moulting, and assembled in immense flocks. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 2 Except for an occasional solo, nearly all the birds are silent, moulting and moping in the thickets. Some Summer Days in Iowa In a few, however, the process of renewal does not keep pace with that of shedding; the result is that the moulting bird presents a mangy appearance. A Bird Calendar for Northern India This lady my father called 'the angel with the moulting wings,' because she was always in an ecstatic tremor over the second coming of the Messiah. Visionaries I'm sorry, but we can't get the heathen away any earlier because he says it's good luck to start a journey at sunset in the moulting moon. The Courage of Marge O'Doone There our sick ships unrigged in summer lay, Like moulting fowl, a weak and easy prey, For whose strong bulk earth scarce could timber find, The ocean water, or the heavens wind. Andrew Marvell They disappear early, seeking seclusion for the moulting. Some Summer Days in Iowa The mynas afford conspicuous examples of this; when moulting their necks often become almost nude, so that the birds bear some resemblance to miniature vultures. A Bird Calendar for Northern India "Pollypet is moulting!" explains the Lady of the Parrot, with a laugh. Greenwich Village After moulting four times, the foundress produces, by parthenogenesis, a number of false eggs, which it fastens to the leaf-stalks and under side of the foliage. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science The lower record of January was caused by some pullets moulting. Pratt's Practical Pointers on the Care of Livestock and Poultry Our object was to change occupation and mode of life without financial loss, and without moulting a single comfort. The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm Migration and moulting are the chief events in the feathered world at the present season. A Bird Calendar for Northern India Were the process of moulting to be simply completed while the insect hangs by the claspers, the pupa would of course fall to the ground. The Life-Story of Insects During the period of the moulting season they catch many black swans. Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2 He bore no bad resemblance, he said, to-a moulting fowl, with scanty feathers, running before a gale in the farm yard. Phelim Otoole's Courtship and Other Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three Any live factory can always be seen moulting year after year. Crowds A Moving-Picture of Democracy She was callow and moulting, flat-footed and long-shanked. Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative His rumination ended in a doze, and his doze in a dream, in which he fancied himself a Brobdignag Java sparrow during the moulting season. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, September 5, 1841 The North Shore people have drowned myriads of moulting scoters in August; but they use the meat. Animal Sanctuaries in Labrador An Address Presented by Lt.-Colonel William Wood, F.R.S.C. before the Second Annual Meeting of the Commission of Conservation at Quebec, January, 1911 Night brooded here like a dyspeptic raven with moulting tail-feathers and ragged wings. Flames The bird appears about two years old: it has gone through this year's moulting. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 569, October 6, 1832 The moulting process, in point of dress, through which the Japanese passed was not untypical of the change the institutions of their country have been undergoing in obedience to similarly stern requirements. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876 They killed however two swans that were moulting, several cranes and many gray geese. The Journey to the Polar Sea Mr. Currie Ghyrkins vainly attempted to stem the torrent of his eloquence, but at last pinned him on some erratic statement about tigers moulting later in the year and their skins not being worth taking. Mr. Isaacs The pullets stay in these same houses in the same field until the moulting season of the third year, or until they are two and a half years old. The Dollar Hen The moulting season is not during the hatching season, but is after the hatching season. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation She heard him chuckling all down the passage; but long before his fly had reached Ullerton he had left off doing that and was moulting again. The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight We procured also some caccawees which were then moulting and assembled in immense flocks. The Journey to the Polar Sea This poor creature was moulting; its feathers were rumpled and disordered; its tail ragged. Frank Mildmay Or, The Naval Officer But we fear When Tiber to each prowling passenger Discovers flocks of wild ducks, then, my lord— 'Bout moulting time I mean—we shall be certain To find you sure enough, and speak with you. The White Devil Whatever feathers are so dropped are those that are frayed, worn out, and forced out by the process of moulting. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation Term had not begun, but he went; a Robin with all the briskness gone out of him, and if still with something of the bird left only of a bird that is moulting. The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight In a short time it resumed its spirits and its song—recommenced its rivalry with the mavis; but, after every moulting, the new feathers were always of the same coal-black colour. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 484, April 9, 1831 Under the sway of centrifugal impulses, the wealthier members began to form new colonies, moulting their old feathers and replacing them by finer, and flying ever further from the centre. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People The only exciting incident of the day was the vigorous chase, by some of the party, of an old pair of moulting gray geese with their young, all, of course, unable to fly. Through the Mackenzie Basin A Narrative of the Athabasca and Peace River Treaty Expedition of 1899 He had the melancholy look of a moulting bird. Witness for the Defense He was tall and bent of figure, with the serpent-browed head set deep between hunched shoulders like those of a moulting vulture. Red Axe Black swans were very numerous, and it being the moulting season, were easily run down by the boats. Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative Of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea. Some guessed the hens were just moulting, others thought "may be they were broody"; a few had the frankness to agree with me that it was mighty curious, but hens always were "sorter contrary critters." Adopting an Abandoned Farm It is very much the same thing," said the Doctor, "only we don't call it moulting when people lose their hair. Citizen Bird Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginners The porcupines, in the moulting season, cast their quills in the fields, and dig themselves holes under the palm trees. Narrative of a Voyage to Senegal in 1816 Undertaken by Order of the French Government, Comprising an Account of the Shipwreck of the Medusa, the Sufferings of the Crew, and the Various Occurrences on Board the Raft, in the Desert of Zaara, at St. Louis, and at the Camp of Daccard. to Which Are Subjoined Observations Respecting the Agriculture of the Western Coast of Africa, from Cape Blanco to the Mouth of the Gambia. It will not eat when moulting, nor in cold weather. Through the Brazilian Wilderness Friday, March 24, A.M.—Skuas still about, a few—very shy—very dark in colour after moulting. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I The moulting of these animals, if we may so phrase it, is a natural consequence of the climate, and they change the dressing gown of winter for the white fur coat of summer. The Adventures of a Special Correspondent As yet I did not dream of a moulting season, still less that a day would come when I should envy the ducks their domestic ease and the unthinking tranquillity of their lives. The Ghost Ship Master Francis Villon had propounded an alternative that afternoon, at a tavern window: was it only Pagan Jupiter plucking geese upon Olympus? or were the holy angels moulting? New Arabian Nights His moultings will soon be numerous if he continues thus each day, as is his custom, to discard his old and assume new plumage. Four Arthurian Romances On top of this old floe we saw an old Emperor moulting and a young one shedding its down. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I How many sich birds are perpetually moulting, and putting their beaks through the wires to peck at all mankind!' The Old Curiosity Shop It has always been my pride to lay a fresh egg every morning, except when I'm moulting. Ozma of Oz The Jay and the Peacock A Jay venturing into a yard where Peacocks used to walk, found there a number of feathers which had fallen from the Peacocks when they were moulting. Aesop's Fables Our moulting season, like that of the fowls, must be a crisis in our lives. Walden A moulting Emperor penguin was sleeping between them. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I But the evidence is not conclusive as to whether any part of the winter condition is additionally produced by moulting. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 Youth was on the point, may the reader pardon us the word, of moulting. Les Misérables “His wing is grown since the moulting,” said Stephen. The Armourer's Prentices These are the times when the animal is debilitated by the process of moulting, and is then more than usually disposed to inflammatory complaints. The Dog You ought to be prepared to explain, also, for the benefit of any sucking Socrates, why it is that these feathered choristers have their "revival seasons," and are terrible backsliders during the moulting period. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860 My youth was my old age, Weary and long; It had too many cares To think of song; My moulting days all came When I was young. Foliage The snow was falling only in a few large flakes now, which sank through the air like the moultings of some lovely bird of heaven. Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood I am no moulting fowl, nor is this arrow a feather of my wing. The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish Take them away, be off with your crests and get you gone; they are moulting, they are losing all their hair; I would not give a single fig for them. The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 The whole moulting process is carried on so energetically that the mind is not only unclothed, but stripped of itself, and, so to speak, de-substantiated. Amiel's Journal All the feathers pulled out immediately commenced to grow again, except the last two pulled out 27th May and 13th July, which did not grow again till the following moulting season, in September. Hormones and Heredity While penguins are moulting they require no other food than that with which Nature has provided them in a store of oil from which they can draw. Three Years in Tristan da Cunha The birds were moulting—fifty-eight specimens of the handsomest of them in the neighbourhood of Pernambuco had been collected; and it was time to proceed elsewhere. Wanderings in South America I guess I must be moulting,' and with that, off he flew. Mouser Cats' Story But the house was undergoing renovations which made it as unpresentable as a moulting fowl. Our Hundred Days in Europe Birds change their feathers often; they drop off and they get new ones; this is called moulting. The Infant System For Developing the Intellectual and Moral Powers of all Children, from One to Seven years of Age Sunday, January 19.—We have lost our last Cape canary through moulting; he was a beautiful singer. Three Years in Tristan da Cunha It was puskoowepesim—the "moulting moon"—and always in this moon, or the end of the "egg-laying moon," which was June, he hunted for the female that came to him from the western ranges. The Grizzly King Our steward is a funny little man, very small and thin, with pale yellow hair; he reminds me of a moulting canary, and his voice cheeps and is rather canary-like too. Olivia in India It is at the moulting season that the great bird-hunts take place. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 And there is no knave to the barbarous knave, the moulting knave, the pleading knave.—What, ho! A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 A cage containing a canary hung between the curtains in the window, and the bird, a wretched-looking animal—it was moulting—woke up at their entrance and shrilled in the hateful manner peculiar to canaries. At Love's Cost I used to separate the babies, feed them, check the moultings and catch flies for feeding them. Free from School A moulting chicken makes but a sorry dish. The Book of Household Management Master Francis Villon had propounded an alternative that afternoon, at a tavern window: was it only Pagan Jupiter plucking geese upon Olympus, or were the holy angels moulting? The Great English Short-Story Writers, Volume 1 To such the end soon comes: Icarus-like, with melted wax and moulting feathers, they fall headlong into the billows, a derision to mankind. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 There were plenty of herons' feathers now in the garden behind St. Mary's, for the birds were moulting. Sidonia, the Sorceress : the Supposed Destroyer of the Whole Reigning Ducal House of Pomerania — Volume 1 Selvan showed me how to check their moulting. 28th November: Today I did feeding of the spider babies on my own. Free from School There is, too, the question of moulting and change of plumage, and the possibility that this physiological event may influence the removal to a different climate. The Life of the Fields When the moulting process is in full swing the rookeries are very crowded, and feathers and slush then become mixed together, making the place anything but fragrant. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 There perched no moulting goshawk, and there no falcon swung. The Lay of the Cid They made paniers, hampers, mews or wicker cages in which the hunting birds were kept when moulting, and even small boats from the osiers and reeds. Masters of the Guild "It seems to be the moulting season for cats," laughed the Colonel, observing the damage ruefully. Old Rose and Silver Reindeer hairs rain down incessantly day and night, with every movement that they make in their moulting bags. South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition Out on the sea-ice, there were Adelie and Emperor penguins; the latter moulting. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Say! in the middle of that deadliness and compared to Jonadab and me, he looked like a bird of Paradise in a coop of moulting pullets. Cape Cod Stories "And craven Sloth, moulting his sleepless plumes, Nods drowsy wonder at th' adventurous wing That soars the shining azure o'er his head." The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 With me, in handling caterpillars about which I am anxious, their moulting time is critical. Moths of the Limberlost The men were finding some interest in watching the moulting of emperor penguins, who were stationed at various points in the neighbourhood of the ship. South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition During the moulting season they sit in the rookery or perched on surrounding rocks, living apparently on their fat, which is found to have disappeared when at last they take to the sea. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 They were like a couple of elderly, moulting, decorous hens who, in spite of their physical disabilities, had something of a presence. Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl Towards the end of the larval period, after a few moultings, it begins to give a glimpse of the adult's richer livery and becomes striped, still very faintly, with pale-green, white and pink. The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects Immediately after moulting the head appears very large, and seems much too heavy for the size of the body. Moths of the Limberlost A JAY venturing into a yard where Peacocks used to walk, found there a number of feathers which had fallen from the Peacocks when they were moulting. The Junior Classics — Volume 1 In a week or two the moulting season comes. Wild Animals I Have Known We had the forest on three sides of us; it was the end of the wet season; most species of birds had finished moulting, and every day the insects increased in number and variety. The Naturalist on the River Amazons Because of their ill-judged moulting they are quite featherless. The Mutiny of the Elsinore Mew: the cage or chamber in which hawks were kept and carefully tended during the moulting season. The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems Master Francis Villon had propounded an alternative that afternoon, at a tavern window: was it only pagan Jupiter plucking geese upon Olympus? or were the holy angels moulting? Stories By English Authors: France (Selected by Scribners) September sees a great change in the old crows, too, Their moulting is over. Wild Animals I Have Known Most of the gaily-plumaged birds have now finished moulting, and begin to be more active in the forest. The Naturalist on the River Amazons Or is moulting determined by the time of year they happen to be born? The Mutiny of the Elsinore The moulting of birds, even within the same family, sometimes differs much without any assignable cause. The Descent of Man He is little better than the Lord Mayor, who flutters proudly for a year, and then drops his borrowed feathers in his moulting season. Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon When the autumn foliage is all aglow with yellow and flame this tiny sprite comes out of the north where neither nesting nor moulting could rob him of his cheerful spirits. Bird Neighbors Most birds have then completed their moulting, which extends over the period from February to May. The Naturalist on the River Amazons Are they regulated in their motions with us by a failure of food, or by a propensity to moulting, or by a disposition to rest after so rapid a life, or by what? The Natural History of Selborne When the period of moulting has been accelerated, the age at which the colours of the adult plumage are first developed will falsely appear to us to be earlier than it really is. The Descent of Man Lean, disconsolate hover these Three grand Armies, watching the Frontiers there; three Flights of long-necked Cranes in moulting time;—wretched, disobedient, disorganised; who never saw fire; the old Generals and Officers gone across the Rhine. The French Revolution The analogy between the shedding of the coat in a snake and the moulting of a bird is not uninstructive. The Story of Evolution In regard to the previous statements on moulting, see, on snipes, etc., The Descent of Man Neumeister, on a change of colour in pigeons after several moultings. The Descent of Man On the moulting of the ptarmigan, see Gould's 'Birds of Great Britain.' The Descent of Man Mere angry poultry in moulting season; whom Brunswick's grenadiers and cannoneers will give short account of. The French Revolution Marshall, Dr. W., protuberances on birds' heads; on the moulting of birds; advantage to older birds of paradise. The Descent of Man Canary, polygamy of the; change of plumage in, after moulting; female, selecting the best singing male; sterile hybrid, singing of a; female, singing of the; selecting a greenfinch; and siskin, pairing of. The Descent of Man |
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