 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 470 pages
...others may be too much exposed to the rockings of the wind. The male and female upon this occasion are, for some days, seen examining all the trees of...being thus determined upon, they begin to gather the materialsfor their nest; such as sticks and fibrous roots, which they regularly dispose in the most... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 470 pages
...others may be too much exposed to the rockings of the wind. The male and female upon this occasion are, for some days, seen examining all the trees of...sedulously for two or three days longer. The place being thua determined upon, they begin to gather the materials H 2 for their nest; such as sticks and fibrous... | |
 | 1821 - 188 pages
...much exposed to the rockings of the wind. The male and female upon this occasion are, for sonre (Jays, seen examining all the trees of the grove very attentively ; and when (hey have Jixed upon a branch that seems fit for their pur. pose, they continue to sit upon and obstroe... | |
 | Mary (aunt, pseud.) - 1853 - 176 pages
...may be too much exposed to the rockings of the wind. The male and female, upon occasions like these, are for some days seen examining all the trees of...purpose, they continue to sit upon and observe it very carefully for two or three days longer. The place being thus determined upon, they commence gathering... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - 766 pages
...others may be too much exposed to the rockings of the wind. The male and female upon this occasion are, for some days, seen examining all the trees of...attentively; and when they have fixed upon a branch that secins fit for their purpose, they continue to sit upon and observe it very sedulously for two or three... | |
 | T. Lindley Kemp - 1854 - 152 pages
...wind. The male and female, upon this occasion, are for some days seen examining all the trees of a grove very attentively; and when they have fixed upon...seems fit for their purpose, they continue to sit upon it, and observe it very sedulously for two or three days longer. The place being then determined upon,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1856 - 826 pages
...pinned tu the ground. much exposed to the rockings of the wind. The male and female upon this occasion are, for some days, seen examining all the trees of...upon and observe it very sedulously for two or three The average number of rooks' nests, duiing the last four years, in the avenue of Hampton Court Park,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1857 - 712 pages
...pinucd to th* ground. much exposed to the rockings of the wind. The male and female upon this occasion are, for some days, seen examining all the trees of the grove very attentively ; aud when they have fixed upon a branch that seems fit for their purpose, they continue to sit upon... | |
 | Anne Wright - 1857 - 384 pages
...female upon this occasion, can be seen for some days attentively examining all the trees of the grove, and when they have fixed upon a branch that seems fit for their purpose, that they will continue to sit upon, it, and observe it very sedulously for two or three days longer.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1860 - 774 pages
...ceased to exist. much exposed to the rockings of the wind. The male and female upon this occasion arc, for some days, seen examining all the trees of the grove very- attentively ; ami when they have fixed upon a branch that seems fit for their purpose, they continue to sit upon... | |
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... may be too much exposed to the rockings of the wind. The male and female upon this occasion are, for some days, seen examining all the trees of the grove very attentively ; and when they have fixed upon a branch that seems fit for their purpose, they... 
