 | 1795 - 718 стор.
...young, had not afFeftion foggefted an expedient, and prompted the parent birds to hover over the neft all the hotter hours, while, with wings expanded, and mouths gaping for breath, they fcrcrned off the heat from their fuffcring offspring. A firther inflance 1 once law of notable faga«itv... | |
 | 716 стор.
...young, had not affeftion fuggeflcd an expedient, and prompted the parent-birds to hover over the neft all the hotter hours, while. with wings expanded, and mouths gaping for breath, they fcrcened off the heat for their fuffering offfPr*S A farther inftance I onco faw of notable fagacity... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1789 - 636 стор.
...had not affection fuggefted " an expedient, and prompted the parent birds to hover over the " ncft all the hotter hours, while with wings expanded, and " mouths gaping for breath, they fcreened off the heat from " their fuffiring offspring." P. ij . " Some young men went down lately... | |
 | William Bingley - 1803 - 606 стор.
...Cherry-sucker, Chanchider, flection of the wall became insupportable, and must inevitably have deftroyed the tender young, had not affection suggested an expedient,...screened off the heat from their suffering offspring. The female lays four or five eggs : the nest is carelessly made, and consists chiefly of moss, mixed... | |
 | William Granger - 1804 - 688 стор.
...young, had not affe&ion fuggefted an expedient, and prompted the parent birds to hover over the neft all the hotter hours, while •with wings expanded, and mouths gaping for breath, they fcresned off the heat from their fuffering offspring. A farther inftance I once faw -of notable fagacity... | |
 | Mr. Pratt (Samuel Jackson) - 1810 - 172 стор.
...the inconvenience that followed. But an hot sunny season coming on before the brood was half fledged, the reflection of the wall became insupportable, and must inevitably have destroyed the tender youn^, had not affection suggested an expedient, and prompted the parent-birds to hover over the nest... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1813 - 764 стор.
...inconvenience that followed : but an hot sunny season coming on before the brood was haff fledged, the reflection of the wall became insupportable, and...affection suggested an expedient, and prompted the parent-birds to hover over the nest all the hotter hours, while with wings expanded and mouths gapinj... | |
 | 1816 - 1004 стор.
...the inconvenience that followed : but an hot sunny season coming before the brood was half fledged, the reflection of the wall became insupportable, and...suffering offspring. A farther instance I once saw of noble sagacity in a wiflow-wren, •which had built in a bank in my fields. This bird, a friend and... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1822 - 380 стор.
...the inconvenience that followed. But an hot sunny season coming on before the brood was half fledged, the reflection of the wall became insupportable, and...affection suggested an expedient, and prompted the parent-birds to hover over the nest all the hotter hours, while with wings expanded, and mouths gaping... | |
 | 1823 - 594 стор.
...inconvenience that followed. A hot, sunny season came on, before the brood was half Qedged; the heat of the wall became insupportable, and must inevitably have destroyed the tender young ones, had not affection taught the parent birds' a means of preserving them. " They hovered over the... | |
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A pair of these little birds had one year inadvertently placed their nest on a naked bough, perhaps in a shady time, not being aware of the inconvenience that followed. But a hot sunny season coming on before the brood was half fledged, the reflection... 
