...her eggs, she covers the hole so dexterously that it is no easy matter to find the place. She then returns to the sea, and leaves her eggs to be hatched by the heat of the sun. In about twenty-five days the eggs are hatched, and the young turtles, being about as big as quails,...

...those must be accustomed to the search to make the discovery. When the turtle has done laying, she returns to the sea, and leaves her eggs to be hatched by the heat of the »un. At the end of fifteen days she lays about the same number of eggs again ; and at the end of another...

...those must, be accustomed to the search to make the discovery. When the turtle has done laying, she returns to the sea, and leaves her eggs to be hatched...the same number of eggs again ; and at the end of another fifteen days she repeats the same ; three times in all, using the same precautions every time...

...undertaken by the female alone, but sometimes is shared by the male. In very warm climates, the ostrich leaves her eggs to be hatched by the heat of the sun, but in colder climates sits upon them. A very few B., as the cuckoo, deposit their eggs in the nests...

...undertaken by the female alone, but sometimes is 'shared by the male. In very warm climates, the ostrich leaves her eggs to be hatched by the heat of the sun, but in colder climates sits upon them. A very few В., as the cuckoo, deposit their eggs in the nests...

...undertaken by the i -niiiir alone, but sometimes is shared by the male. In very warm climates, the ostrich leaves her eggs to be hatched by the heat of the sun, but in colder climates sits upon them. A very few B., as the cuckoo, deposit their eggs In the nests...