 ... is the address which this adroit bird shows all day long in ascending and descending with security through so narrow a pass. When hovering over the mouth of the funnel, the vibrations of her wings acting on the confined air occasion a rumbling like...  Wonders of the animal kingdom. Birds - Стр. 174авторы: Wonders - 1848 - Страниц: 484Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | 1816 - Страниц: 782
...probablethatthedam fubmitsto this inconvenient lituation, fo low in the /haft, in order to fccure her brood from rapacious birds, and particularly from owls,...fall down chimneys, perhaps in attempting to get at thefe nefl lings. This bird lays from 4 to 6 white eggs, dotted with red /pecks ; and brings oot her... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1822 - Страниц: 380
...wings acting on the confined air occasion a rumbling like thunder. It is not improbable that the dam submits to this inconvenient situation so low in the...particularly from owls, which frequently fall down chimnies, perhaps in attempting to get at these nestlings. The swallow lays from four to six white... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1829 - Страниц: 364
...wings acting on the confined air occasion a rumbling like thunder. It is not improbable that the dam submits to this inconvenient situation so low in the...from four to six white eggs, dotted with red specks ; and brings out her first brood about the last week in June, or the first week in July. The progressive... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - Страниц: 806
...wings acting on the confined air occasions a rumbling noise like thunder. It is probable that the dam submits to this inconvenient situation, so low in the shaft, in order to secure her brood from rapacious birds, and particularly from owls, which frequently fall down chimneys, perhaps... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1832 - Страниц: 354
...wings acting on the confined air occasion a rumbling like thunder. It is not improbable that the dam submits to this inconvenient situation so low in the...from four to six white eggs, dotted with red specks ; and brings out her first brood about the last week in June, or the first week in July. The progressive... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1833 - Страниц: 338
...wings acting on the confined air occasion a rumbling like thunder. It is not improbable that the dam submits to this inconvenient situation so low in the...from four to six white eggs, dotted with red specks ; and brings out her first brood about the last week in June, or the first week in July. The progressive... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1834 - Страниц: 392
...wings, acting on the confined air, occasion a rumbling like thunder. It is not improbable that the dam submits to this inconvenient situation so low in the...from four to six white eggs, dotted with red specks ; and brings out her first brood about the last week in June, or the first week in July. The progressive... | |
 | Frederic Shoberl - 1836 - Страниц: 322
...wings, acting on the confined air, occasion a rumbling like thunder. It is not improbable that the dam submits to this inconvenient situation so low in the...perhaps in attempting to get at these nestlings." The Chimney Swallow will occasionally build within houses, and make choice of singular spots for its abode.... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1837 - Страниц: 678
...wings acting on the confined' air occasion a rumbling like thunder. It is not improbable that the dam submits to this inconvenient situation so low in the...from four to six white eggs, dotted with red specks; and brings out her first brood about the last week in June, or the first week in July. The progressive... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1837 - Страниц: 680
...wings acting on the confined air occasion a rumbling like thunder. It is not improbable that the dam submits to this inconvenient situation so low in the...from four to six white eggs, dotted with red specks; and brings out her first brood about the last week in June, or the first week in July. The progressive... | |
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