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" For some time after they appear, the hirundines in general pay no attention to the business of uidification, but play and sport about, either to recruit from the fatigue of their journey, if they do migrate at all, or else that their blood may recover... "
The natural history of Selborne, arranged for young persons [by G. Ellis]. - Page 185
by Gilbert White - 1860
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Animal Biography: Or, Authentic Anecdotes of the Lives, Manners ..., Volume 2

William Bingley - 1803 - 606 pages
...of April; and for some time they in general pay no attention to the business of nidification : they play and sport about, either to recruit from the fatigue of their journey, or else that their blood may recover its true tone and texture, after it has been so long benumbed...
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The new encyclopędia; or, Universal dictionary of arts and sciences

Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1807 - 794 pages
...lome lime they in general pay no attention to the the fluunefs of nidification : they play and fport about, either to recruit from the fatigue of their journey, if they do migrate at ail ; or elfe that their blood may recover Us true tone and texture a<ter it has btcii fo long, benumbed...
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts ..., Volume 11

1816 - 782 pages
...fport about, either to recruit from the fatigue of tnejr journey, if they do migrate at all ) or elle that their blood may recover its true tone and texture after it has been fo long benumbed by the feverities of winter. About the-middle of May, if the weather ther be fine,...
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The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science ..., Volume 11

Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 826 pages
...of April; and for some time they in general pay no attention to the business of nidincation : they play and sport about, either to recruit from the fatigue of their journey, if ihey do migrate at all; or else that their blood may recover its true tone and texture after it has...
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A Description of More Than Three Hundred Animals: Interspersed with ...

1829 - 494 pages
...nidification, but sport and play about, either to recruit themselves from the fatigue of the journey, or else that their blood may recover its true tone and texture, after having been so long benumbed by the severities of the winter. The Martin is something less than the...
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Animal biography, or, Popular zoology, Volume 2

William Bingley - 1829 - 392 pages
...nidification, but play and sport about, either to recruit themselves from the fatigue of their journey, or else that their blood may recover its true tone and texture, after having been so long benumbed by the severities of the winter. Towards the middle of May, if the weather...
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Sketches of birds in short enigmatical verses

Samuel Roper - 1832 - 178 pages
...the heat of their apartment. Journal of a Naturalist, p. 172. THE WINDOW-SWALLOW, OR HOUSE-MARTIN. ABOUT the middle of May, if the weather be fine, the...of providing a mansion for its family. The crust, E 3 or shell of this nest, seems to be formed of such dirt or loam as comes readily to hand, and is...
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The Field Book: Or, Sports and Pastimes of the United Kingdom; Comp. from ...

William Hamilton Maxwell - 1833 - 640 pages
...time after they appear, the hiruntimes in general pay no attention to the business of nidification, but play and sport about, either to recruit from the...it has been so long benumbed by the severities of the winter. About the middle of May, if the weather be fine, the шаг tin begins to think in earnest...
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The Field Book: Or, Sports and Pastimes of the United Kingdom; Comp. from ...

William Hamilton Maxwell - 1833 - 618 pages
...time after they appear, the hirundines in general pay no attention to the business of nidification, but play and sport about, either to recruit from the fatigue of their journey, if they migrate at all, or else that their blood may recover its true tone and texture after it has been so...
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The Natural History of Selborne: Observations on Various Parts of Nature ...

Gilbert White - 1833 - 410 pages
...time after they appear, the hirundines in general pay no attention to the business of nidification, but play and sport about, either to recruit from the fatigue of their journey, if as well as that of the house-sparrow. I have heard it imitate, in succession, (intermixed with its...
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