 | Church history - 1837 - 844 pages
...the scaly brood at play. On closer investigation, however, we found that it was the fry of pectén opercularis skipping quite nimbly through the pool. Their motion was rapid and iig-zag, very like that of ducks in a sunny blink, rejoicing in the prospect of rain. They seemed,... | |
 | Scotland - 1845 - 1038 pages
...Stevenston strand by the ebbing tide, what we at first thought some of the scaly brood at play. On closer investigation, however, we found that it was the fry...rapid and zig-zag, very like that of ducks in a sunny blink, rejoicing in the prospect of rain. They seemed, by the sudden opening and closing of their valves,... | |
 | Scotland - 1845 - 1026 pages
...brood at play. On closer investigation, however, we found that it was the fry of Pcctcn operculari* skipping quite nimbly through the pool. Their motion...rapid and zig-zag, very like that of ducks in a sunny blink, rejoicing in the prospect of rain. They seemed, by the sudden opening and closing of their valves,... | |
 | Scotland - 1845 - 1042 pages
...scaly brood at play. On closer investigation, however, we found that it was the fry of Peden opercularu skipping quite nimbly through the pool. Their motion...rapid and zig-zag, very like that of ducks in a sunny blink, rejoicing in the prospect of rain. They seemed, by the sudden opening and closing of their valves,... | |
 | George Johnston - Mollusks - 1850 - 634 pages
...Rev. David Landsborough writes thus : " We observed on a sunny September day, in a pool of sea-water, left on Stevenston strand (Ayrshire) by the ebbing...rapid and zigzag, very like that of ducks in a sunny blink, rejoicing in the prospect of rain. They seemed, by the sudden opening and closing of their valves,... | |
 | Thomas Rymer Jones - Marine animals - 1858 - 588 pages
...what we at first thought some of the scaly brood at play. On close investigation, however, we found it was the fry of Pecten opercularis, skipping quite...rapid and zigzag, very like that of ducks in a sunny blink rejoicing in the prospect of rain. They seemed to have the power of darting like an arrow through... | |
 | John Richards Philpots - Oyster culture - 1890 - 704 pages
...name of "vanneau" or "olivette." The shells make pretty pincushion-cases, and in the North American States another species (P. concentricus ) is used...rapid and zigzag, very like that of ducks in a sunny blink, rejoicing in the prospect of rain. They seemed, by the sudden opening and closing of their valves,... | |
 | john gwyn jeffreys - 1863 - 1022 pages
...habits in an earlier stage of growth :—" We observed on a sunny September day in a pool of sea-water left on Stevenston strand (Ayrshire) by the ebbing...of their valves, to have the power of darting like an arrow through the water. One jerk carried them some yards, and then by another sudden jerk they... | |
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On close investigation, however, we found that it was the fry of Pecten opercularis skipping quite nimbly through the pool. Their motion was rapid and zigzag, very like that of ducks in a sunny blink, rejoicing in the prospect of rain. They seemed, by... 