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" ... bill ; but as this artist has no paws to hold the nut firm while he pierces it, like an adroit workman, he fixes it as it were in a vice, in some cleft of a tree, or in some crevice, when, standing over it, he perforates the stubborn shell. "
Animal Biography: Or, Authentic Anecdotes of the Lives, Manners, and Economy ... - Page 313
by William Bingley - 1803
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts ..., Volume 20

1816 - 762 pages
...through it : while the laft pecks an irregular ragged hole with its bill ; but as this artiit has no paws to hold the nut firm while he pierces it, like an adroit workman, he fixes it, % h were in a vice, in fome cleft of a tree,' or in fome crevice ; when, (landing over it, he perforate*...
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The Book of Nature, Volume 2

John Mason Good - 1826 - 462 pages
...it: while the nut-hatch picks an irregular ragged hole with his bill; but as this artist has no paws to hold the nut firm while he pierces it, like an...tree or in some crevice; when, standing over it, he readily perforates the stubborn shell; and while at work makes a rapping noise that may be heard at...
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The Book of Nature, Volume 1

John Mason Good - 1828 - 542 pages
...: .'hilo the nut-hatch picks an irregular ragged hole with his bill ; but as this rust has no paws to hold the nut firm while he pierces it, like an adroit swkman he fixes it, as it were, in a vice in some cleft of a tree or in some :revice ; when, standing...
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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art ..., Volume 19

Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 814 pages
...through it : while the last pecks an irregular ragged hole with its bill ; but as this artist has no paws to hold the nut firm while he pierces it, like an...standing over it, he perforates the stubborn shell.' — White's Selborne. They are preyed on by martins and other animals of the mustela and viverra tribes...
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Animal biography, or, Popular zoology, Volume 2

William Bingley - 1829 - 392 pages
...bill ; but, as he has no paws to hold the nut firm while he pierces it, he, like an adroit workman, fixes it, as it were in a vice, in some cleft of a...in the chink of a gate-post where Nut-hatches have been known to haunt, it has' always been found that these birds have readily penetrated them. While...
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The Natural History of Selborne

Gilbert White - 1829 - 364 pages
...last picks an irregular ragged hole with its 12 bill ; but as this artist has no paws to hold the inn firm while he pierces it, like an adroit workman,...standing over it, he perforates the stubborn shell. We have often placed nuts in the chink of a gate-post where nuthatches have been known to haunt, and...
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An Arrangement of British Plants: According to the Latest ..., Volume 2

1830 - 632 pages
...through it; while the lust picks an irregular ragged hole with iti bill : but as this artist has no paws to hold the nut firm while he pierces it, like an adroit workman, be fixes it, as it were in a vice, in some cleft of a tree, when standing over it, he perforates the...
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The Book of Nature

John Mason Good - 1831 - 482 pages
...; while the nut-hatch picks an irregular ragged hole with his bill ; but as this artist has no paws to hold the nut firm while he pierces it, like an adroit workman he fixes it, as it were, in a Tice in some cleft of a tree or in some crevice ; when, standing over it, he readily perforates the...
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The Natural History of Selborne

Gilbert White - 1832 - 354 pages
...through it ; while the last picks an irregular ragged hole with its bill ; but as this artist has no paws to hold the nut firm while he pierces it, like an...standing over it, he perforates the stubborn shell. We have often placed nuts in the chink of a gatepost, where nut-hatches have been known to haunt, and...
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The natural history of Selborne, arranged for young persons [by G. Ellis].

Gilbert White - 1833 - 338 pages
...through it; while the last picks an irregular ragged hole with its bill ; but as this artist has no paws to hold the nut firm while he pierces it, like an...standing over it, he perforates the stubborn shell. We have often placed nuts in the chink of a gate-post, where nut-hatches have been known to haunt,...
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