| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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,... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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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