 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - 1830 - 650 pages
...disengaged it from the nest It remained in this situation a short time, feeling about with the extremity of its wings, as if to be convinced whether the business was properly executed, and then dropped into the nest1 again. With these (the extremities of its wings) I have often seen it examine, as it were, an... | |
 | 1831 - 652 pages
...with it up the side of the nest till it reached the top, where, resting for a moment, it threw off its load with a jerk, and quite disengaged it from the nest. It remained in this situation fora short time, feeling about with the extremities of its wings, as if to be convinced whether the... | |
 | 1833 - 618 pages
...with it up the side of the nest till it reached the top, where, resting for a moment, it threw off its load with a jerk, and quite disengaged it from the nest. It remained in this situation for a short time, feeling about with the extremities of its wings, as if to be convinced whether the... | |
 | Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) - 1835 - 604 pages
...it, up the side of the nest, till it reached the top, where, resting for a moment, it threw off its load with a jerk, and quite disengaged it from the nest. It remained in this situation for a short time, feeling about with the extremities of its wings, as if to be convinced whether the... | |
 | Sir Daniel Keyte Sandford - 1841 - 510 pages
...it up the side of the nest, till it reached the top, where, resting for a moment, it threw off its load with a jerk, and quite disengaged it from the...this situation a short time, feeling about with the extremity of its wings, as if to be convinced whether the business was properly executed, and then... | |
 | The treasury of wit and anecdote - 1842 - 336 pages
...with it up the side of the nest till it reached the top, where, resting for a moment, it threw off its load with a jerk, and quite disengaged it from the nest. It remained in this situation for a short time, feeling about with the extremities of its wings, as if to be convinced whether the... | |
 | Forbes Winslow - 1842 - 864 pages
...a jerk, and quite disengaged it from the nest. After remaining a short time in this situation, and feeling about with the extremities of its wings, as if to be convinced that the business was properly executed, it dropped into the nest again. It sometimes happens, that... | |
 | Bourne Hall Draper - 1844 - 504 pages
...it up the side of the nest, till it reached the top ; where, resting for a moment, it threw o*f its load with a jerk, and quite disengaged it from the...properly executed, and then dropped into the nest again. I afterwards put in an egg ; and this, by a similar process, was conveyed to the edge of the nest,... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1845 - 354 pages
...with it to the side of the nest till it reached the top, where resting for a moment, it threw off its load with a jerk, and quite disengaged it from the...the extremities of its wings, as if to be convinced that the business was properly done, and then dropped into the nest again." THE WOODPECKER. The RED-HEADED... | |
 | Mrs. Loudon (Jane) - 1850 - 630 pages
...a jerk, and quite disengaged it from the nest. After remaining a short time in this situation, and feeling about with the extremities of its wings, as if to be convinced that the business was properly executed, it dropped into the nest again. Dr. Jenner made several experiments... | |
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... its load with a jerk, and quite disengaged it from the nest. It remained in this situation a short time, feeling about with the extremities of its wings, as if to be convinced whether the business was properly executed, and then dropped into the nest... 
