 ... which the wood was to be levelled. It was in the month of February, when those birds usually sit. The saw was applied to the butt, the wedges were inserted into the opening, the woods echoed to the heavy blows of the beetle or mallet, the tree nodded...  Animal biography, or, Popular zoology - Сторінка 241автори: William Bingley - 1829Повний перегляд - Докладніше про цю книгу
 | 1882 - 876 стор.
...heavy blow of the beetle or mall or mallet — the tree nodded to its fall ; but still the dam sat on. At last, when it gave way, the bird was flung from...nest ; and though her parental affection deserved a belter fate, was whipped down by the twigs, which brought her dead to the ground. Except when nesting... | |
 | Phil Robinson - 1883 - 540 стор.
...heavy blow of the beetle or mall or mallet — the tree nodded to its fall ; but still the dam sat on. At last, when it gave way, the bird was flung from...the twigs, which brought her dead to the ground." Except when nesting — that is, whenever an unhampered preference is possible — the raven, according... | |
 | Vernon S. Morwood - 1883 - 352 стор.
...heavy blow of the beetle, mall, or mallet, the tree nodded to its fall ; but still the dam sat on. At last, when it gave way, the bird was flung from...the twigs, which brought her dead to the ground.' A FAMILIAR RAVEN. — 'In October, 1822, there was in the possession of Mr. James Weymess, the gamekeeper... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1887 - 396 стор.
...blows of the beetle or mall or mallet, — the tree nodded to its fall ; but still the dam sat on. At last, when it gave way, the bird was flung from...by the twigs, which brought her dead to the ground. LETTER III. THE fossil-shells of this district, and sorts of stone, such as have fallen within my observation,... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1887 - 554 стор.
...to the heavy blows of the beetle or mallet, the tree nodded to its fall ; but still the dam sat on. At last, when it gave way, the bird was flung from...by the twigs, which brought her dead to the ground. LETTER III. TO THOMAS PENNANT, ESQ. THE fossil-shells of this district, and sorts of stone, such as... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1887 - 392 стор.
...blows of the beetle or mall or mallet, — the tree nodded to its fall ; but still the dam sat on. At last, when it gave way, the bird was flung from...by the twigs, which brought her dead to the ground. LETTER III. THE fossil-shells of this district, and sorts of stone, such as have fallen within my observation,... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1888 - 602 стор.
...of the beetle or mallet, the tree nodded to its fall ; but still the dam sat on. At last, when«it gave way, the bird was flung from her nest; and, though...by the twigs, which brought her dead to the ground. LETTER III. TO THOMAS PENNANT, ESQUIHE. HE fossil shells of this district, and sorts of stone, such... | |
 | Samuel Lockwood - 1888 - 422 стор.
...heavy blow of the beetle, or mall, or mallet; the tree nodded to its fall, but still the dam sat on. At last, when it gave way, the bird was flung from her nest; and though her parental affections deserved a better fate, she was whipped down by the twigs which brought her dead to the... | |
 | Samuel Lockwood - 1888 - 424 стор.
...heavy blow of the beetle, or mall, or mallet; the tree nodded to its fall, but still the dam sat on. At last, when it gave way, the bird was flung from her nest; and though her parental affections deserved a better fate, she was whipped down by the twigs which brought her dead to the... | |
 | 1890 - 882 стор.
...woods echoed to the heavy blows of the beetle, the tree nodded to its fall; but still the dam sat on. At last, when it gave way, the bird was flung from...the twigs, which brought her dead to the ground." Cornish choughs, which formerly abounded, and bred " on Beachy Head, and on all the cliffs of the Sussex... | |
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