 | William Bingley - 1829 - 380 pages
...says, " it is very pleasant to see with what address this insect strips off the down from the campion, running from the top to the bottom of a branch, and...flies away, holding it secure between its chin and fore-legs." Sir Thomas Cullum, in a letter to Mr. Marsham, states, that the key not easily turning... | |
 | James Rennie - 1830 - 440 pages
...from the top to the bottom of the branch, and shaving it bare with all the dexterity of a hoop shaver. When it has got a vast bundle, almost as large as...flies away, holding it secure between its chin and its fore-legs*." The manner in which the cells of the nest are ยป Naturalists' Calendar, p. 109. made... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1833 - 410 pages
...the business of nidification. It is very pleasant to see with what address it strips off the pubes, running from the top to the bottom of a branch, and shaving it bare with all the dexterity of a hoop shaver. When it has got a vast bundle, almost as large as itself, it flies away, holding it secure... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1834 - 392 pages
...the business of nidification. It is very pleasant to see with what address it strips off the pubes, running from the top to the bottom of a branch, and shaving it bare with all the dexterity of a hoop shaver. When it has got a vast bundle, almost as large as itself, it flies away, holding it secure... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1837 - 680 pages
...the business of nidification. It is very pleasant to see with what address it strips off the pubes, running from the top to the bottom of a branch, and shaving it bare with all the dexterity of a hoop shaver11. When it has got a vast bundle, almost as large as itself, it flies away, holding it... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1837 - 678 pages
...the business of nidification. It is very pleasant to see with what address it strips off the pubes, running from the top to the bottom of a branch, and shaving it bare with all the dexterity of a hoop shaver11. When it has got a vast bundle, almost as large as itself, it flies away, holding it... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1840 - 400 pages
...business of nidification. It is very pleasant to see with what address it strips off the pubes, Tunning from the top to the bottom of a branch, and shaving it bare with all the dexterity of a hoop shaver. When it has got a vast bundle, almost as large as itself, it flies away, holding it secure... | |
 | 1911 - 856 pages
...bottom of a branch (of the Garden Campion) and shaving it bare with the dexterity of a hoop shaver; when it has got a vast bundle, almost as large as...flies away, holding it secure between its chin and forelegs." Literature and life abound with such scraps of inevitable observation, but England has not... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1850 - 458 pages
...the business of nidification. It is very pleasant to see with what address it strips off the pubes, running from the top to the bottom of a branch, and...flies away, holding it secure between its chin and its fore legs. There is a remarkable hill on the downs near Lewes in Sussex, known by the name of Mount... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1853 - 386 pages
...the business of nidification. It is very pleasant to see with what address it strips off the pubes, running from the top to the bottom of a branch, and...flies away, holding it secure between its chin and its fore legs. There is a remarkable hill on the downs near Lewes in Sussex, known by the name of Mount... | |
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There is a sort of wild bee frequenting the garden-campion for the sake of its tomentum, which probably it turns to some purpose in the business of nidification. It is very pleasant to see with what address it strips off the pubes, running from the top... 
