 She was sitting on four or five eggs, and was observed to be very busy in collecting weeds, grasses, &c., to raise her nest; a farming man was ordered to take down half a load of haulm, with which she most industriously raised her nest and the eggs two...  A history of British birds - Page 128by Francis Orpen Morris - 1856Full view - About this book
 | English literature - 1843 - 590 pages
...four or five eggs, she was observed to be very busy, collecting weeds, grasses, and other materials to raise her nest. " A farming man was ordered to...with which she most industriously raised her nest and her eggs two feet and a half: that very night there came down a tremendous fall of rain, which flooded... | |
 | 1842 - 630 pages
...Bitting on fo^r: or .^Ye-eggs, an,d, .wa^ob.se.r^o^q^ very busy in collecting; w.eeds, grasses, &c., to raise her nest ; a, farming man was ordered to take down half a load of haulm straw, with which she most industriously raised her nest and the eggs two feet and a half : that very... | |
 | William John Broderip - Animal behavior - 1847 - 434 pages
...four or five eggs, she was observed to be very busy, collecting weeds, grasses, and other materials to raise her nest. " A farming man was ordered to...with which she most industriously raised her nest and eggs two feet and a half : that very night there came down a tremendous fall of rain, which flooded... | |
 | Jonathan Couch - Ethics - 1847 - 374 pages
...exhibited, some eight or nine LS years past, one of the most remarkable instances of the powers of instinct ever recorded. She was sitting on four or five eggs,...observed to be very busy in collecting weeds, grasses, &c. to raise her nest : a farming-man was ordered to take down half a load of haulm, with which she... | |
 | R. E. - 1851 - 464 pages
...some eight or nine years past, one of the most remarkable instances of the powers of instinct that was ever recorded. She was sitting on four or five eggs,...observed to be very busy in collecting weeds, grasses, &c. to raise her nest; a farming man was ordered to take down half a load of haulm, with which she... | |
 | Caleb N. Bement - Poultry - 1852 - 396 pages
...exhibited, some eight or nine days past, one of the most remarkable instances of the power of instinct ever recorded. She was sitting on four or five eggs,...was observed to be very busy in collecting weeds, grass, &c., to raise her nest A farming man was ordered to take down half a load of haulm, with which... | |
 | 1894 - 868 pages
...some eight or nine years past, one of the most remarkable instances of the power of instinct that was ever recorded. She was sitting on four or five eggs,...be very busy in collecting weeds, grasses, etc., to raiso her nest; a farming man was ordered to take down half a load of haulm, with which she most industriously... | |
 | G. Garratt - 1856 - 288 pages
...exhibited, some eight or nine years past, one of the most remarkable instances of the powers of Instinct ever recorded. She was sitting on four or five eggs,...observed to be very busy in collecting weeds, grasses, &c., to raise her nest : a farming-man was ordered to take down half a load of haulm, with which she... | |
 | British birds - 1857 - 324 pages
...at Bishop's Stortford. This bird was eighteen or nineteen years old, and had brought up many broods. She was sitting on four or five eggs, and was observed to be very busy in collecting weeds and grasses, etc., to raise her nest. A fartning man was ordered to take down half a load of bauhn,... | |
 | John Hogg (publisher.) - Animals - 1878 - 536 pages
...quotes a remarkable instance of this in the case of a domesticated swan, eighteen or nineteen years old. She was sitting on four or five eggs, and was observed to be very busy in collecting weeds, grasses, &c., to raise her nest ; a farming-man was ordere'd to take down half a load of haulm, with which she... | |
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