smell to the grass," as they go, lest one should be lying in wait for them. If they observe one, they gallop back, or take some other direction. As they can not, like the horses, take refuge in the water, they have recourse to a rut, or dry, dusty road,... Annual Report of the Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of ... - Էջ 249University of Minnesota. Agricultural Experiment Station - 1896Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
| William Bingley - 1803 - 624 էջ
...water, they have recourse to a rut, or dry dusty road, where they crowd together during the heatof the day, with their noses held close to the ground...it difficult for the fly conveniently to get at the nostril. It is most probably from repeated attackss and the consequent rubbing against the ground,... | |
| William Bingley - 1805 - 622 էջ
...cannot, like the horses, take refuge in the water, they have recourse to a rut, or dry dusty road, where they crowd together during the heat of the day, with their noses held close to the ground. This renders it difficult for the fly conveniently to get at the nostril. It is most probably from... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1807 - 1014 էջ
...dry dusty road, or gravel" pits, where they crowd together * Brace's Travels, vol. Ï. VOL. XLVII. " during the heat of the day, with " their noses held...difficult " for the fly conveniently to get at " the nostril. Observations on " these flics arc best made in warm " weather, and during the heat of " the... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1807 - 1004 էջ
...dry dusty road, or gravel" pits, where they crowd together * Druce's Travels, vol. f. VOL. XLVII. " during the heat of the day, with " their noses held...difficult " for the fly conveniently to get at " the nostril. Observations on " these flies are best made in warm " weather, and during the heat of " the... | |
| 1807 - 1012 էջ
...together * Bruce's Travels, vol, T. VOL. XLVIl. " during the heat of the day, with " tfceir. notes held close to the " ground, which renders it difficult " for the fly conveniently to get at l: the nostril. Observations on " these flies arc best made in warm " weather, and during the heat... | |
| 1823 - 858 էջ
...recourse to a rut, or dusty road, or a gravel pit, where they crowd together daring the J) d Díptera. 210 heat of the day, with their noses held close to the...it difficult for the fly conveniently to get at the nostril. aniilopa:. Wings dotted with brown, and marked with a brown band ; body hairy, of a grayish... | |
| 1871 - 600 էջ
...Sheep generally have recourse to a rut, dry dusty roads, gravel-pits, high fern, or gorse, to hide, and where they crowd together during the heat of the day with their noses generally close to the ground, which renders it difficult for the fly, who makes his attacks when on... | |
| William Bingley - 1829 - 380 էջ
...they cannot, like cattle, take refuge in the water, they have recourse to a rut, or a dry dusty road, where they crowd together during the heat of the day, with their noses held close to the ground. This renders it difficult for the fly conveniently to get at the nostril. It is probably from repeated... | |
| Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - 402 էջ
...they cannot, like cattle, take refuge in the water, they have recourse to a rut, or a dry dusty road, where they crowd together during the heat of the day, with their noses held close to the ground." Of the REIN-DEER GAD-FLY there are two varieties. The one of these deposits its eggs on the back of... | |
| Connecticut. State Board of Agriculture - 1870 - 458 էջ
...roadj or gravel pits, where they crowd close together during the heat of the day, with their noses close to the ground, which renders it difficult for the fly conveniently to get at the nostril." (Clark, 1796). This description, although written long ago, applies equally well to the habits... | |
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