 Thus careful workmen when they build mud walls (informed at first perhaps by this little bird) raise but a moderate layer at a time, and then desist ; lest the work should become top-heavy, and so be ruined by its own weight. By this method in about ten...  The Natural History of Selborne - Página 190por Gilbert White - 1843 - 398 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | William Bingley - 1803 - 606 páginas
...days, is formed an hemispherical nest, with a small aperture towards the top, strong, compact, 2nd warm ; and perfectly fitted for all the purposes for...House-sparrow, as soon as the shell is finished, to seifee on it as its own, to eject the owner, and to line it after its own manner. After so much labour... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1807 - 794 páginas
...finall aptrture Rewards the top, ftrmij», compact, and warm ; and perfectly fitted for all the purpofes .for which it was intended. But then nothing is more common than for the houfe fparrow, as foon as the (hell is finifhed, to feize on it as its own, to rv/cT: the owner, ard... | |
 | Tales - 1820 - 560 páginas
...but soft and warm being lined with grasses, feathers, and sometimes moss interwoven with wool. But nothing is more common than for the House-Sparrow, as soon as the shell is finished, to seize on it, turn out the owner, and then line it according to its own peculiar manner. During the residence of... | |
 | 1821 - 276 páginas
...and warm within ; being lined with grasses, feathers, and sometimes moss interwoven with wool. But nothing is more common than for the House-Sparrow, as soon as the shell is finished, to seize on it, turn out the owner, aixl then line it according to its own peculiar manner. During the residence of... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 806 páginas
...time to dry and harden. About half an inch seems to be a sufficient layer for a day. By this method, in about ten or twelve days, is formed an hemispheric...intended. But then nothing is more common than for the house sparrow, as soon as the shell is finished, to seize on it as its own, to eject the owner, and... | |
 | William Bingley - 1829 - 392 páginas
...ruined by its own weight. By this method, in about ten or twelve days, a hemispherical nest is formed, with a small aperture towards the top ; strong, compact,...for all the purposes for which it was intended. But nothing is more common than for the House-sparrow, as soon as the shell is finished, to seize on it,... | |
 | 1829 - 494 páginas
...gives it sufficient time to dry and harden. By this method, in about ten days, the nest is formed, strong, compact, and warm, and perfectly fitted for all the purposes for which it is intended. But nothing is more common than for the house sparrow, as soon as the shell is finished,... | |
 | Mary Anne Cragg - 1830 - 260 páginas
...lining of small straws, grass, and feathers, and sometimes by a bed of moss, interwoven with wool. But nothing is more common, than for the house-sparrow,...as soon as the shell is finished, to seize on it, eject the owner, and line it, according to its own peculiar manner, with feathers and down. Jane. Do... | |
 | 1831 - 652 páginas
...top-heavy, and so be ruined by its own weight. By this method, in about ten or twelve days, is formed a hemispheric nest with a small aperture towards the...fitted for all the purposes for which it was intended. / ' " The shell or crust of the nest is a sort of rustic-work full Jpf knobs and protuberances on the... | |
 | Samuel Roper - 1832 - 178 páginas
...top-heavy, and so be ruined by its own weight. By this method, in about ten or twelve days, is formed a hemispheric nest, with a small aperture towards the...fitted for all the purposes for which it was intended. The shell, or crust of the nest, is a sort of rustic work, full of knobs and protuberances on the outside... | |
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