 | 740 pages
...could see the nest, not concealing myself, but remaining motionless, waiting for the petite bird's reappearance. I had not to wait long. A loud whirr,...above me — perhaps the mate — but I durst not look towards him, lest the turning of my head should frighten the female. In a minute or two the other was... | |
 | Philip Henry Gosse, Richard Hill - 1847 - 474 pages
...could see the nest, not concealing myself, but remaining motionless, waiting for the petite bird's reappearance. I had not to wait long : a loud whirr,...just above me, perhaps the mate, but I durst not look towards him lest the turning of my head should frighten the female. In a minute or two the other was... | |
 | Philip Henry Gosse - 1847 - 474 pages
...could see the nest, not concealing myself, but remaining motionless, waiting for the petite bird's reappearance. I had not to wait long : a loud whirr,...just above me, perhaps the mate, but I durst not look towards him lest the turning of my head should frighten the female. In a minute or two the other was... | |
 | 1847 - 420 pages
...could see the nest, not concealing myself, but remaining motionless, waiting for the petite bird's reappearance. I had not to wait long : a loud whirr,...espied me, and came within a foot of my eyes, hovering j ust in front of my face. I remained still, however, when I heard the whirring of another just above... | |
 | 1851 - 642 pages
...could see the nest, not concealing myself, but remaining motionless, waiting for the petitt bird's reappearance. I had not to wait long. A loud whirr,...above me — perhaps the mate — but I durst not look towards him lest the turning of my head should frighten the female. In a minute or two the other was... | |
 | 1851 - 638 pages
...could see the nest, not concealing myself, but remaining motionless, waiting for the petit» bird's reappearance. I had not to wait long. A loud whirr,...nest. She soon espied me, and came within a foot of my eye«, hovering just in front of my face. I remained still, however, when I heard the whirring of another... | |
 | William Charles Linnaeus Martin - 1852 - 312 pages
...where I could see the nest, not concealing myself, but remaining motionless, waiting for the bird's re-appearance. I had not to wait long : a loud whirr,...above me, perhaps the mate ; but I durst not look towards him lest the turning of my head should frighten the female. In a minute or two the other was... | |
 | 1865 - 740 pages
...could see the nest, not concealing myself, but remaining motionless, waiting for the petite bird's reappearance. I had not to wait long. A loud whirr,...above me — perhaps the mate — but I durst not look towards him, lest the turning of my head should frighten the female. In a minute or two the other was... | |
 | Traits, William White Cooper - 1861 - 402 pages
...ACTIONS OF POLYTMUS. not concealing myself, but remaining motionless, waiting for the petite bird's reappearance. I had not to wait long. A loud whirr,...above me — perhaps the mate — but I durst not look towards him, lest the turning of my head should frighten the female. In a minute or two the other was... | |
 | John George Wood - 1862 - 804 pages
...where I could see the nest, not concealing myself, but remaining motionless, waiting for the bird's re-appearance. I had not to wait long : a loud whirr,...just above me, perhaps the mate, but I durst not look towards him, lest the turning of my head should frighten the female, In a minute or two the other was... | |
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I again sat down among the stones in front, where I could see the nest, not concealing myself, but remaining motionless, waiting for the bird's re-appearance. I had not to wait long : a loud whirr, and there she was suspended in the air before her nest.... 
