 | Gilbert White - 1877 - 588 Seiten
...platted, and composed of the blades of wheat; perfectly round, and about the size of a cricket-ball ; with the aperture so ingeniously closed, that there was no discovering to what This hawk proved to be the falco peregrinvs ; a variety. towards that element, at that season of the... | |
 | 1878 - 588 Seiten
...suspended between ears of corn, tall grasses, and the like. White procured one which, as he says, ' was so compact and well filled that it would roll...contained eight little mice that were naked and blind.' The whole length of the harvest mouse is not more than two inches, and it is one of our most beautiful... | |
 | Mary Elizabeth Braddon - 1878 - 542 Seiten
...suspended between ears of corn, tall grasses, and the like. White procured one which, as he says, ' was so compact and well filled that it would roll...contained eight little mice that were naked and blind.' The whole length of the harvest mouse is not more than two inches, and it is one of our most beautiful... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1879 - 510 Seiten
...platted, and composed of the blades of whea^ perfectly round, and about the size of a cricket-ball ; with the aperture so ingeniously closed, that there...belonged. It was so compact and well filled, that it would naked and blind. As this nest was perfectly full, hew could the dam come at her litter respectively... | |
 | Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh - 1880 - 500 Seiten
...plaited and composed of the blades of wheat, perfectly round, and about the size of a cricket ball, with the aperture so ingeniously closed that there...discomposed, though it contained eight little mice, which were naked and blind. This wonderful procreant cradle, an elegant instance of the efforts of... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1880 - 668 Seiten
...and composed of the blades of grass or wheat, perfectly round, and about the size of a cricketball, with the aperture so ingeniously closed that there...discovering to what part it belonged. It was so compact and well-tilled that it would roll across the table without being discomposed, though it contained eight... | |
 | Beata Francis - 1881 - 280 Seiten
...says, ' perfectly round,' and about the size of a cricket-ball, and so compact that it would roll about the table without being discomposed, though it contained eight little Mice that were naked and blind. It had no visible opening, and it was evident, he adds, 'that whenever the mother opened it to feed... | |
 | George John Romanes - 1882 - 550 Seiten
...artificially plaited and composed of blades of wheat, perfectly round, and about the size of a cricket-ball, with the aperture so ingeniously closed that there...contained eight little mice that were naked and blind. As the nest was perfectly full, how could the dam come at her litter respectively, so as to administer... | |
 | Bristol Naturalists' Society (Bristol, England) - 1891 - 536 Seiten
...much as it gained in its increasing size." It will be remembered that White says that the nest he saw was " so compact and well filled that it would roll across the table without being discomposed." These conflicting statements may be reconciled, if we bear in mind that, according to Brehm, these... | |
 | Bristol Naturalists' Society (Avon) - 1891 - 862 Seiten
...much as it gained in its increasing size." It will be remembered that White says that the nest he saw was " so compact and well filled that it would roll across the table without being discomposed." These conflicting statements may be reconciled, if we bear in mind that, according to Brehm, these... | |
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I procured this autumn, most artificially platted, and composed of the blades of wheat ; perfectly round, and about the size of a cricket-ball ; with the aperture so ingeniously closed, that there was no discovering to what part it belonged. It was so... 
