| William Bingley - 1829 - Počet stránok 380
...says, " it is very pleasant to see with what address this insect strips off the down from the campion, running from the top to the bottom of a branch, and...flies away, holding it secure between its chin and fore-legs." Sir Thomas Cullum, in a letter to Mr. Marsham, states, that the key not easily turning... | |
| James Rennie - 1830 - Počet stránok 440
...from the top to the bottom of the branch, and shaving it bare with all the dexterity of a hoop shaver. When it has got a vast bundle, almost as large as...flies away, holding it secure between its chin and its fore-legs*." The manner in which the cells of the nest are » Naturalists' Calendar, p. 109. made... | |
| Gilbert White - 1833 - Počet stránok 410
...the business of nidification. It is very pleasant to see with what address it strips off the pubes, running from the top to the bottom of a branch, and shaving it bare with all the dexterity of a hoop shaver. When it has got a vast bundle, almost as large as itself, it flies away, holding it secure... | |
| Gilbert White - 1834 - Počet stránok 392
...the business of nidification. It is very pleasant to see with what address it strips off the pubes, running from the top to the bottom of a branch, and shaving it bare with all the dexterity of a hoop shaver. When it has got a vast bundle, almost as large as itself, it flies away, holding it secure... | |
| Gilbert White - 1837 - Počet stránok 680
...the business of nidification. It is very pleasant to see with what address it strips off the pubes, running from the top to the bottom of a branch, and shaving it bare with all the dexterity of a hoop shaver11. When it has got a vast bundle, almost as large as itself, it flies away, holding it... | |
| Gilbert White - 1837 - Počet stránok 678
...the business of nidification. It is very pleasant to see with what address it strips off the pubes, running from the top to the bottom of a branch, and shaving it bare with all the dexterity of a hoop shaver11. When it has got a vast bundle, almost as large as itself, it flies away, holding it... | |
| Gilbert White - 1840 - Počet stránok 400
...business of nidification. It is very pleasant to see with what address it strips off the pubes, Tunning from the top to the bottom of a branch, and shaving it bare with all the dexterity of a hoop shaver. When it has got a vast bundle, almost as large as itself, it flies away, holding it secure... | |
| 1911 - Počet stránok 856
...bottom of a branch (of the Garden Campion) and shaving it bare with the dexterity of a hoop shaver; when it has got a vast bundle, almost as large as...flies away, holding it secure between its chin and forelegs." Literature and life abound with such scraps of inevitable observation, but England has not... | |
| Gilbert White - 1850 - Počet stránok 458
...the business of nidification. It is very pleasant to see with what address it strips off the pubes, running from the top to the bottom of a branch, and...flies away, holding it secure between its chin and its fore legs. There is a remarkable hill on the downs near Lewes in Sussex, known by the name of Mount... | |
| Gilbert White - 1853 - Počet stránok 386
...the business of nidification. It is very pleasant to see with what address it strips off the pubes, running from the top to the bottom of a branch, and...flies away, holding it secure between its chin and its fore legs. There is a remarkable hill on the downs near Lewes in Sussex, known by the name of Mount... | |
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