 ... followed. But a 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 young, had not affection suggested an expedient, and prompted the parent birds...  The Natural History of Selborne - Сторінка 194автори: Gilbert White - 1868Повний перегляд - Докладніше про цю книгу
 | 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.
...deftroyed the tender young, had not affection suggested an expedient, and prompted the parent Birds to hover over the nest all the hotter hours, while,...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.
...reflection of the wall became insupportable, and must inevitably have destroyed the tender youn^, had not affection suggested an expedient, and prompted...all the hotter hours, while with wings expanded, and months gaping for breath, they screened off the heat from their suffering offspring." Shall I not be... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1813 - 764 стор.
...reflection of the wall became insupportable, and must inevitably have destroyed the tender young, had not affection suggested an expedient, and prompted...hotter hours, while with wings expanded and mouths gapinj for breath they screened off the heat for thfir suffering offspring. A farther instance I once... | |
 | 1816 - 1004 стор.
...destroyed the tender young, had not affection suggested an expedient, and prompted the parent birds to hover over the nest all the hotter hours, while...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... | |
 | 1823 - 594 стор.
...preserving them. " They hovered over the nest duiing all the hotter hours; while,; with wings extended, and mouths gaping for breath, they screened off the heat from their suffering offspring."—-A. similar instance of ir C 4 slinet directed to the same purpose, took place in Gloucestershire.—A... | |
 | Peter Buchan - 1824 - 164 стор.
...destroyed the tender young, had not affection suggested an expedient, and prompted the parent birds to hover over the nest all the hotter hours, while with wings expanded and mouth gaping for breath they screened off the heat from their suffering offspring. A farther instance... | |
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