 | William Bingley - 1803 - 606 Seiten
...foster-parents feed it more than five weeks after this period ; so that if a Cuckoo should be ready with an egg much sooner than the time pointed out, not a single...new residence, and be thus compelled to abandon its offspring ; for the old birds take their final leave of this country the first week in July. '> There... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 728 Seiten
...foster-parents feed it more than five weeks after this period ; so that, if a cuckoo should be ready with an egg much sooner than the time pointed out, not a single...and be thus compelled to abandon its young one; for old cuckoos take their final leave of this country the first week in July. Had nature allowed the cuckoo... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 470 Seiten
...foster-parents feed it more than five weeks after this period : so that if a cuckoo should be ready with an egg much sooner than the time pointed out, not a single...and be thus compelled to abandon its young one : for old cuckoos take their leave of the country the first week in July. The Moroc or Honey-bird, is a cuckoo... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 470 Seiten
...foster-parents feed it more than five weeks after this period : so that if a cuckoo should be ready with an egg much sooner than the time pointed out, not a single nestling, even one of the earliest, would be lit to provide for itself, before its parent would be instinctively directed to seek a new residence,... | |
 | Edward Polehampton, John Mason Good - 1818 - 894 Seiten
...foster-parents feed it more than five weeks after this period ; so that, if a cuckoo should be ready with an egg much sooner than the time pointed out, not a single nestling, even one of the earliest, would be in to provide for itself before its parent would be instinctively directed to seek a new residence,... | |
 | J. Macloc - 1820 - 348 Seiten
...feed it more than five weeks after this period. Hence it appears, that if a cuckoo were ready with an egg much sooner than the time pointed out, not a single nestling, even of the earliest, would be fit to provide for itself, before its parent would be instinctively directed... | |
 | Edward Polehampton - 1821 - 752 Seiten
...foster-parents feed it more than five weeks after this period ; so that, if a cuckoo should be ready with an egg much sooner than the time pointed out, not a single...and be thus compelled to abandon its young one; for old cuckoos take their final leave of this country the first week Had nature allowed the cuckoo to... | |
 | 1824 - 544 Seiten
...parents feed it more than five weeks after this period; so that, if a cuckoo should be ready with an egg much sooner than the time pointed out, not a single nestling, even of the earliest, would be fit to provide for itself, before its parent would be instinctively directed... | |
 | Mary Trimmer - 1825 - 248 Seiten
...feeds it more than live weeks after this period. Hence it appears, that if a Cuckoo were ready with an egg much sooner than the time pointed out, not a single nestling, even of the earliest, would be fit to provide for itself, before its parent would be instinctively directed... | |
 | William Bingley - 1829 - 392 Seiten
...foster-parents feed it more than five weeks after this period ; so that, if a Cuckoo should be ready with an egg much sooner than the time pointed out, not a single nestling would be fit to provide for itself before its parent would be instinctively directed to seek a new... | |
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... middle of May. A fortnight is taken up by the sitting bird in hatching the egg. The young bird generally continues three weeks in the nest before it flies, and the foster-parents feed it more than five weeks after this period ; so that, if a cuckoo... 
