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" ... which had built in a bank in my fields. This bird, a friend and myself had observed as she sat in her nest, but were particularly careful not to disturb her, though we saw she eyed us with some degree of jealousy. Some days after, as we passed that... "
The Natural History of Selborne - Page 183
by Gilbert White - 1842 - 335 pages
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The Lady's Magazine, Or, Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex ..., Part 2

1795 - 708 pages
...after, as we pafled that way, we were defirous of remarking how the brood went on ; but no neft could bs found, till I happened to take up a large bundle of long green, mofs, as it were, carelefsly thrown over the neft, in order to dodge the eye of any impertinent intruder....
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The New London Magazine, Volume 1

716 pages
...palfcd that Way, we were defirous of remarking how this brood went on ; but no neft could be fdUnd| till I happened to take up a large bundle of long green mofs, as it Wefe, carclefjly Uirown over the S neft ncft in order to dodge the eye of *:iy impertinent...
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The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany, Volume 9

1797 - 514 pages
...after, as we pafled that «ay, we were defirous of remarking liow the brood •went on ; but no neft could be found, till I happened to take up a large bundle of long green mofs, as it were, carelefsly thrown over the neft, in order to dodge the eye of any impertinent intruder....
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The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany, Volume 9

1797 - 506 pages
...days after, as we paffed that way, we were drlnous of remarking how the brood went on ; but no neft could be found, till I happened to take up a large bundle of long green mofs, as it were, carelefsly thrown over the neft, in order to dodge the eye of any impertinent intruder....
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Animal Biography: Or, Authentic Anecdotes of the Lives, Manners ..., Volume 2

William Bingley - 1803 - 606 pages
...Bouillot ou Chanlre. Buff.— Small yellow Bird. Ray.— Green Wren. 'Albm.— Yellow Wren fenn. ed to take up a large bundle of long green moss, as it...nest, in order to dodge the eye of any impertinent obtruder. THE TAYLOR BIRD.* This, as well as the two last, is a very small species, measuring scarcely...
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Walker's Hibernian Magazine, Or, Compendium of Entertaining Knowledge

1789 - 766 pages
...days after, as we pafled that way, we were delirous of remarking how this brood went on ; but no neft could be found till I happened to take up a large bundle of long green mof*, as it were, carclcfsly thrown oventhe neft in order to dodge the eye of any impertinent iutruder....
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An Essay on the Philosophy, Study and Use of Natural History

Charles Fothergill - 1813 - 288 pages
...with some degree of jealousy. Some days after, as we passed that way, we were desirous of remarking how this brood went on ; but no nest could be found,...order to dodge the eye of any impertinent intruder f." I should have hesitated to mention the following remarkable proofs of more than instinctive sagacity...
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Pantologia. A new (cabinet) cyclopędia, by J.M. Good, O. Gregory ..., Volume 2

John Mason Good - 1813 - 764 pages
...with some degree of jealousy. Some days after, as we passed that way, we were desirous of* remarking how this brood went on ; but no nest could be found, till I happened to take op a large bundle of long green moss as it wcrt carelessly thrown over the nest, in order to dodge...
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The Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine, Volume 39

1816 - 1004 pages
...with some degree of jealousy. Some days after, as we passed that way, we were desirous of remarking how this brood went on; but no nest could. be found, till I happened to take up a bundle of long green moss as it were carelessly thrown over the nest, in order to dodge the eye of...
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Scriptural & Philosophical Arguments, Or Cogent Proofs from Reason ...

Peter Buchan - 1824 - 156 pages
...desirous of remarking how this brood went eft; but Ho nest could "be found, till I happened to take a large bundle of long green moss as it were carelessly...order to dodge the eye of any impertinent intruder." A wonderful spirit of sociality in the brute creation, independent of sexual attachment, has been frequently...
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