... the call that nature has upon it, during that short residence, to produce a numerous progeny. The cuckoo's first appearance here is about the middle of April. Its egg is not ready for incubation till some weeks after its arrival. MEMOIRS OF THE DISTINGUISHED MEN OF SCIENCE - Seite 105von ROBERT HUNT F.R.S, F.S.S. - 1862Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - 1830 - 650 Seiten
...England about the 17th of April Its egg is not ready for incubation sooner than the middle of May. A fortnight is taken up by the sitting bird in hatching the egg. The bird generally continues three weeks in the nest before it files. The foster parents feed it for more... | |
| Georges Louis Le Clerc (comte de Buffon.) - 1831 - 586 Seiten
...the shell, her own young ones and any of her eggs that remain unhatched are turned out of the nest. The young bird generally continues three weeks in the nest before it flies; and the foster parent feeds it more than five weeks after this period. All the little birds of the grove seem... | |
| 1834 - 700 Seiten
...the shell, her own young ones, and any of her eggs thai remain unhatched, are turned out of the nest. The young bird generally continues three weeks in the nest before it flies ; and the foster parent-feeds it more than five weeks after this period. All the little birds of the grove seem... | |
| Sir Daniel Keyte Sandford - 1841 - 510 Seiten
...England about the 17th of April. Its egg is not ready for incubation sooner than the middle of May. A fortnight is taken up by the sitting bird in hatching the egg. The bird generally continues three weeks in the nest before it flies. The foster parents feed it for more... | |
| British birds - 1840 - 326 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... | |
| 1861 - 356 Seiten
...egg is not ready for incubation for some weeks after its arrival, Btldom before the middle of May. A fortnight is taken up by the sitting bird in hatching...period ; so that, if a cuckoo should be ready with au egg much sooner than the time pointed out, not a single nestling, even one of the earliest, would... | |
| William Walker - 1864 - 198 Seiten
...from his company and conversation. Although Jenner's time was chiefly occupied with his profess iona duties, he still kept up a constant and regular correspondence...it more than five weeks after this period : so that even if a cuckoo should be ready with an egg much sooner than the time pointed out, not a single nestling,... | |
| 1864 - 184 Seiten
...Royal Society on the 10th of March, 1788, and printed in their ' Transactions.' It explained the habita of this curious bird very satisfactorily, and its...it more than five weeks after this period : so that even if a cuckoo should be ready with an egg much sooner than the time pointed out, not a single nestling,... | |
| 1864 - 196 Seiten
...rendered the pressure attendant upon incubation incompatible with health. This theory ia-incorrect, and was adopted without due examination. Jenner observes,...it more than five weeks after this period : so that even if a cuckoo should be ready with an egg much sooner than the time pointed out, not a single nestling,... | |
| William Walker - 1864 - 198 Seiten
...March, 1788, he was married to Catherine Kingscote, a descendant of an ancient Gloucestershire family. Jenner observes, " May they not, be owing to the following...it more than five weeks after this period: so that even if a cuckoo should be ready with an egg much sooner than the time pointed out, not a single nestling,... | |
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