In filling up her nest she put her head down into it and bit away the loose earth from the sides, letting it fall to the bottom of the burrow, and then, after a quantity had accumulated, jammed it down with her head. Earth was then brought from the outside... Inventors at Work: With Chapters on Discovery - Page 253by George Iles - 1906 - 503 pagesFull view - About this book
| Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey - 1898 - 314 pages
...head down into it and bit away the loose earth from the sides, letting it fall to the bottom of the burrow, and then, after a quantity had accumulated,...in, and then more was bitten from the sides. When, ait last, the filling was level with the ground, she I 1o z D < brought a quantity of fine grains of... | |
| George Williams Peckham, Elizabeth Gifford Peckham - 1898 - 310 pages
...head down into it and bit away the loose earth from the sides, letting it fall to the bottom of the burrow, and then, after a quantity had accumulated,...and pressed in, and then more was bitten from the rides. When, at last, the filling was level with the ground, she 0 z 0 H UJ g O 5 X brought a quantity... | |
| Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey - 1898 - 500 pages
...head down into it and bit away the loose earth from the sides, letting it fall to the bottom of the burrow, and then, after a quantity had accumulated,...and pressed in, and then more was bitten from the rides. When, at last, the filling was level with the ground, she 0 z o tul ยง brought a quantity of... | |
| Conwy Lloyd Morgan - 1900 - 370 pages
...head down into it and bit away the loose earth from the sides, letting it fall to the bottom of the burrow, and then, after a quantity had accumulated,...pressed in, and then more was bitten from the sides. Whou, at last, the filling was level with tho ground, she brought a quantity of fine grains of dirt... | |
| 1908 - 588 pages
...head down into it and bit away the loose earth from the sides, letting it fall to the bottom of the burrow, and then, after a quantity had accumulated, jammed it down with her head. She then brought earth from the outside and passed it in, afterwards biting more from the sides. When,... | |
| George Williams Peckham, Elizabeth Gifford Peckham - 1905 - 344 pages
...head down into it and bit away the loose earth from the sides, letting it fall to the bottom of the burrow, and then, after a quantity had accumulated,...and picking up a small pebble in her mandibles, used as it a hammer in pounding them down with rapid strokes, thus making this spot as hard and firm as... | |
| George Williams Peckham, Elizabeth Gifford Peckham - 1905 - 344 pages
...head down into it and bit away the loose earth from the sides, letting it fall to the bottom of the burrow, and then, after a quantity had accumulated,...outside and pressed in, and then more was bitten from fhe sides. When, at last, the filling was level with the ground, she brought a quantity of fine grains... | |
| Henry Richardson Linville, Henry Augustus Kelly - 1906 - 492 pages
...head down into it and bit away the loose earth from the sides, letting it fall to the bottom of the burrow, and then, after a quantity had accumulated,...in, and then more was bitten from the sides. When, lit last, the filling was level with the ground, she brought u quantity of fine grains of dirt to the... | |
| William Blackley Drummond - 1907 - 364 pages
...every particle of dust to a distance. Still another, after filling up the burrow level with the ground, brought a quantity of fine grains of dirt to the spot, and then, picking up a small pebble in her mandibles, used it as a hammer to pound them down with rapid... | |
| Edgar James Swift - 1908 - 352 pages
...down with her head. She then brought earth from the outside and passed it in, afterwards biting more from the sides. When, at last, the filling was level...small pebble in her mandibles, used it as a hammer, pounding them down with rapid strokes, thus making this spot as hard and firm as the surrounding surface."... | |
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