 | William Bingley - 1803 - 606 pages
...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 an hemispherical nest, with a small aperture towards the top, strong, compact, 2nd warm ; and perfectly... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1807 - 794 pages
...finall aptrture Rewards the top, ftrmij», compact, and warm ; and perfectly fitted for all the purpofes .for which it was intended. But then nothing is more common than for the houfe fparrow, as foon as the (hell is finifhed, to feize on it as its own, to rv/cT: the owner, ard... | |
 | Tales - 1820 - 560 pages
...but soft and warm being lined with grasses, feathers, and sometimes moss interwoven with wool. But nothing is more common than for the House-Sparrow, as soon as the shell is finished, to seize on it, turn out the owner, and then line it according to its own peculiar manner. During the residence of... | |
 | 1821 - 276 pages
...and warm within ; being lined with grasses, feathers, and sometimes moss interwoven with wool. But nothing is more common than for the House-Sparrow, as soon as the shell is finished, to seize on it, turn out the owner, aixl then line it according to its own peculiar manner. During the residence of... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 806 pages
...it sufficient time to dry and harden. About half an inch seems to be a sufficient layer for a day. By this method, in about ten or twelve days, is formed...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 - 1829 - 364 pages
...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...fitted for all the purposes for which it was intended. Bat then nothing is more common than for the hoase-sparrow, as soon as the shell is finished, to seize... | |
 | William Bingley - 1829 - 392 pages
...add 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, a hemispherical nest is formed, with a small aperture towards the top ; strong, compact, and warm,... | |
 | 1829 - 494 pages
...gives it sufficient time to dry and harden. By this method, in about ten days, the nest is formed, strong, compact, and warm, and perfectly fitted for all the purposes for which it is intended. But nothing is more common than for the house sparrow, as soon as the shell is finished,... | |
 | Mary Anne Cragg - 1830 - 260 pages
...lining of small straws, grass, and feathers, and sometimes by a bed of moss, interwoven with wool. But nothing is more common, than for the house-sparrow,...as soon as the shell is finished, to seize on it, eject the owner, and line it, according to its own peculiar manner, with feathers and down. Jane. Do... | |
 | 1831 - 652 pages
...rais« 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... | |
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Thus careful workmen when they build mud walls (informed at first perhaps by this little bird) 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... 
