| Griffith, Farran, Browne and co - 1883 - 392 Seiten
...raise but a moderate layer at a time, and then desist ; lest the work should become topheavy, 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 top, strong, compact, and warm, and perfectly... | |
| Gilbert White - 1883 - 554 Seiten
...desist ; lest the work should become top-heavy, and so be ruined by its own THE Ili.f-,1 -IIA11I l\. weight. By this method in about ten or twelve days is formed »n hemispheric nest with a small aperture towards the top, strong, compact, and warm ; and perfectly... | |
| Gilbert White - 1884 - 604 Seiten
...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...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... | |
| Gilbert White - 1887 - 554 Seiten
...and so be ruined by its own THE HOUSE-MAR TIN. weight. By this method in about ten or twelve clays is formed an hemispheric nest with a small aperture...than for the house-sparrow, as soon as the shell is 13ft THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE. [LETT. finished, to seize on it as its own, to eject the owner,... | |
| Gilbert White - 1888 - 602 Seiten
...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...aperture towards the top, strong, compact, and warm j and perfectly fitted for all the purposes for which it was intended. But then nothing is more common... | |
| Gilbert White - 1887 - 392 Seiten
...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 or twelve days is formed a hemispheric nest with a small aperture towards the top, strong, compact, and warm ; and perfectly... | |
| Gilbert White - 1887 - 396 Seiten
...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 or twelve days is formed a hemispheric nest with a small aperture towards the top, strong, compact, and warm ; and perfectly... | |
| Gilbert White - 1891 - 840 Seiten
...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...intended. But then nothing is more common than for the house sparrow, as soon as the bhell is finished, to seize on it as its own, to eject the owner, and... | |
| George John Romanes - 1891 - 552 Seiten
...raise b it a moderate layer at a time, and then desist, lest the work should become top heavy, and ruined by its own weight. By this method, in about ten or twelve d:\ys is formed a hemispheric nest, with a small aperture towards the top, strong, compact, 1 Newton,... | |
| Gilbert White - 1893 - 368 Seiten
...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...housesparrow, as soon as the shell is finished, to seize on it us its own, to eject the owner, and to line it after its own manner. After so much labour is bestowed... | |
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