wood-snail

A very instructive case is the behaviour of the song-thrush when it takes a wood-snail in its beak and hammers it against a stone, its so-called anvil.

The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told J. Arthur Thomson 1897

Thus, a French author has enumerated no less than 198 varieties of the common wood-snail

Darwinism (1889) Alfred Russel Wallace 1868

It was the mummy's coffin I was looking at; it burst open, and out issued from it the monarch of a thousand years ago -- the mummy form, black as pitch, dark and shining as a wood-snail, or as that thick slimy mud.

The Sand-Hills of Jutland 1840

The crippled rose bush reared up its twigs, unfolded its leaves, and bore the most beautiful roses; every one could see it, and even the black damp wood-snail noticed its beauty.

What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales Alfred Walter Bayes 1840

The black wood-snail became blacker still, not for grief, but for envy.

What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales Alfred Walter Bayes 1840

The stunted rose-bush shot forth twigs, unfolded its leaves, and bore the most beautiful roses; every one could see it, and even the black, slimy wood-snail noticed its beauty.

Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen 1840

At last it burst, and forth stepped the thousand years 'old king, the mummy form, black as pitch, black as the shining wood-snail, or the slimy mud of the swamp.

Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen 1840

The black wood-snail became blacker still; not for grief, but for envy.

Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen 1840

I looked at the clefts and wrinkles in the stem, and they shone forth in colours, and took the form of hieroglyphics: it was the case of the mummy at which I was gazing; at last the case burst, and forth stepped the thousand-year-old king, the mummied form, black as pitch, shining black as the wood-snail or the fat mud of the swamp; whether it was the marsh king or the mummy of the pyramids I knew not.

What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales Alfred Walter Bayes 1840