 | William Bingley - 1803 - 606 pages
...ground, near some marsh, upon a little bed, which she prepares of dry grass. These are olive-coloured, and spotted with black. She sits about three weeks ; and the young are able to run within two or three days after they are hatched. The parent exhibits the utmost attachment... | |
 | J. Macloc - 1820 - 348 pages
...dry-ground, near some marsh ; upon a little bed which she prepares of dry grass ; these are olive-coloured, and spotted with black. She sits about three weeks...two or three days after they are hatched. • THE LONG-LEGGED PLOVER. THIS bird is of the plover family, and might with propriety be called the stilt... | |
 | Stephen Glover - 1829 - 600 pages
...ground. She sits about three weeks ; the young are covered with a thick down, and arc able to run in two or three days after they are hatched. The parent...interesting stratagems to avert approaching danger. They may sometimes be seen in large flocks on marshy lands or newly ploughed fields in search of worms.... | |
 | William Bingley - 1829 - 350 pages
...grass. These are olivecoloured, and spotted with black. She sits about three weeks; and the young-ones are able to run within two or three days after they are hatched. The parent exhibits the greatest attachment to them; and the arts used by this bird to allure boys and dogs from... | |
 | Edinburgh encyclopaedia - 1830 - 828 pages
...narrow ends in contact, so as to occupy little room. On these she sits about twenty days; and the young are able to run within two or three days after they are hatched, though they are incapable of flying till they are nearly full grown. The parent shows them the greatest... | |
 | Georges Louis Le Clerc (comte de Buffon.) - 1831 - 586 pages
...ground, near some marsh, upon a little bed which she prepares of dry grass. These are olive-coloured, and spotted with black. She sits about three weeks;...fondest attachment to them, and employs innumerable interestingstratagems to avertapproaching danger from them. " She does not wait the arrival of her... | |
 | Stephen Glover - 1831 - 510 pages
...ground. She sits about three weeks ; the young are covered with a thick down, and are able to run in two or three days after they are hatched. The parent...interesting stratagems to avert approaching danger. They may sometimes be seen in large rlocks on marshy lands or newly ploughed fields in search of worms.... | |
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - 522 pages
...ground, near some marsh, upon a little bed which she prepares of dry grass. These are olive-coloured, and spotted with black. She sits about three weeks...covered with a thick down, are able to run within t*» or three days after they are hatched. The parent display8 the fondest attachment to them, and... | |
 | 1834 - 700 pages
...ground, near some marsh, upon a little bed which she prepares of dry grass. Xhes.-' are olive-colored, and spotted with black. She sits about three weeks;...them, and employs innumerable interesting stratagems M avert approaching danger from them. " She does not wait the arrival of her enemies to the nest, but... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1852 - 616 pages
...ground, near some marsh, upon a little bed which it prepares of dry grass : these are olive-coloured, and spotted with black. She sits about three weeks...who are covered with a thick down, are able to run two or three days after they are hatched. The Turnstone. — This bird is about the size of a thrush... | |
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These are olive coloured, and spotted with black. She sits about three weeks; and the young, who are covered with a thick down, are able to run within two or three days after they are hatched. The parent displays the fondest attachment to them, and employs... 