 | Edmund Burke - 1790 - 646 Seiten
...weeks after its arrival, li.-l.jom before the middle of May. A fortnight is taken up by the fitting bird in hatching the egg. The young bird generally continues three weeks in the neii beforeit flies, and the fofter-parents teed it more than five weeks after this period ; fo that,... | |
 | 1790 - 566 Seiten
...fome weeks after itsarriv.il, feldom before the middle of May. A fortnight is taken up by the fitting bird in hatching the egg. The young bird generally continues three weeks in the neft before it flies, and the fofter-parents feed it more than five weeks after this period ; fo that,... | |
 | 1789 - 682 Seiten
...fome weeks after its arrival, feldom before the middle of May. A fortnight is taken up by the fitting bird in hatching the egg. The young bird generally continues three weeks in the neft before it flieii, and the fofter-parents feed it more than five weeks after this period ; fo that,... | |
 | Ebenezer Sibly - 1802 - 420 Seiten
...fome weeks' after its arrival, feldom before the middle of May. A fortnight is taken up by the fitting bird in hatching the egg. The young bird generally continues three weeks in the neft before it flies, and the fofter-parents feed it more than five weeks after this period j fo that,... | |
 | William Bingley - 1803 - 606 Seiten
...egg is not ready for incubation till some weeks after its arrival, seldom before the middle of May. A fortnight is taken up by the sitting bird in hatching...pointed out, not a single nestling, even one of the earliest, would be fit to provide for itself before its parent would be instinctively directed to seek... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 728 Seiten
...egg is not ready for incubation till some weeks after its arrival, seldom before the middle of May. A fortnight is taken up by the sitting bird in hatching...pointed out, not a single nestling, even one of the earliest, would be fit to provide for itself before its parent would be instinctively directed to seek... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 470 Seiten
...appearance is about the 17th of April, and its egg is not ready for incubation till the middle of May. A fortnight is taken up by the sitting bird, in hatching...pointed out, not a single nestling, even one of the earliest, would be fit to provide for itself, before its parent would be instinctively directed to... | |
 | Edward Polehampton, John Mason Good - 1818 - 894 Seiten
...incubation till some weeks after its arrival, seldom before the middle of May. A fortnight is taken np by the sitting bird in hatching the egg. The young...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... | |
 | 1823 - 626 Seiten
...middle of May ; a fortnight is taken np by the sitting bird in hatching the egg ; the young animal generally continues three weeks in the nest before it flies, and the foster parents feed it five weeks more after this period ; so that if a cuckoo should be ready with... | |
 | J. Macloc - 1820 - 348 Seiten
...and those of her eggs that remain unhatched, are generally turned out of the nest by the intruder. 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. Hence it appears, that if a cuckoo were... | |
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Its -egg is not ready for incubation till some weeks after its arrival, .seldom before the 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... 
