 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.  Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne - Seite 147von Gilbert White, Francis Trevelyan Buckland, Roundell Palmer Earl of Selborne - 1875 - 591 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | William Bingley - 1803 - 606 Seiten
...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...method, in about ten or twelve days, is formed an hemispherical nest, with a small aperture towards the top, strong, compact, 2nd warm ; and perfectly... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1829 - 364 Seiten
...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...fitted for all the purposes for which it was intended. Bat then nothing is more common than for the hoase-sparrow, as soon as the shell is finished, to seize... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 806 Seiten
...it sufficient 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...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 Seiten
...they build mud-walls, (informed at first, perhaps, by this little bird,) add but a moderate layer at a time, and then desist, lest the work should become...weight. By this method, in about ten or twelve days, a hemispherical nest is formed, with a small aperture towards the top ; strong, compact, and warm,... | |
 | 1829 - 494 Seiten
...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,... | |
 | 1831 - 652 Seiten
...they build mud-walls (informed at first perhaps by the little bird,) rais« but a moderate layer at a time and then desist; lest the work should become...this method, in about ten or twelve days, is formed a hemispheric nest with a small aperture towards the top, strong, compact, and warm, and perfectly... | |
 | 1832 - 406 Seiten
...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...this method, in about ten or twelve days, is formed a hemispheric nest witli a small aperture towards the top, strong, compact, and warm, and perfectly... | |
 | Samuel Roper - 1832 - 178 Seiten
...build mudwalls, (informed at first, perhaps, by this little bird,) raise but a moderate layer at a time, and then desist, lest the work should become...this method, in about ten or twelve days, is formed a hemispheric nest, with a small aperture towards the top, strong, compact, and warm, and perfectly... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - 1833 - 640 Seiten
...when they buildmudwalls(infonned at first perhaps by this little bird) raise but a moderate layer at a time, and then desist ; lest the work should become...intended. But then nothing is more common than for the house sparrow, as soon as the shell is finished, to seize on it as hie own, to eject the owner, and... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - 1833 - 618 Seiten
...and then desist : lest the work should become top-lieavv, and so be ruined by its own weight. By thin 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 liis own, to eject the owner, and... | |
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