 ... 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
 | William Bingley - 1871 - 1056 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...generally continues three weeks in the nest before it can fly, and the foster-parents feed it more than five weeks after this period ; so that, if a Cuckoo... | |
 | George John Romanes - 1882 - 550 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... | |
 | George John Romanes - 1888 - 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...time pointed out, not a single nestling, even one of tbe earliest, would be fit to provide for itself before its parent would be instinctively directed... | |
 | George John Romanes - 1890 - 552 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...cuckoo should be ready with an egg much sooner than tho time pointed out, not a single nestling, even one of the earliest, would be fit to provide for... | |
 | William H. Wintringham - 1892 - 446 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... | |
 | George John Romanes - 1892 - 552 Seiten
...till some weeks after its arrival, seldom before the middle of May. A fortnight is taken up by tho sitting bird in hatching the egg. The young bird generally...cuckoo should be ready with an egg much sooner than tho time pointed out, not a single nettling, even one of tbe earliest, would be fit to provide for... | |
 | Louis Compton Miall - 1896 - 314 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 the egg. The young Bird generally continues about three weeks in the nest before it flies, and the foster-parents feed it more than five weeks... | |
 | George Abbey - 1909 - 334 Seiten
...the foster-parent, usually the hedge-sparrow's, incubation not taking place before the middle of May. A fortnight is taken up by the sitting bird in hatching the egg, and soon afterwards the nest is found to contain only the young cuckoo, which continues therein (or... | |
 | Tim Fulford - 2002 - 334 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...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 should be ready... | |
 | Melville Weston Fuller - 1911 - 444 Seiten
...in the economy of the cuckoo to its structure; the largeness of the stomach, which is protected only by a thin covering, they asserted, rendered the pressure...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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