 | 716 sidor
...has fat her ufual lime, and diicngagcd the young cuckoo and fome of ner own offspring from the fhell, her own young ones, and any of her eggs that remain . unhatched, are foon turned out, the young cuckoo remaining pofTcffor of the neft, and folc obieft of her future care.... | |
 | 1790 - 562 sidor
...fat her ufual time, and difengaged the young cuckoo and fome of her own offspring from the (hell*, her own young ones, and any of her eggs that remain unhatched, are foon turned out, the young cuckoo remaining poíTeíTor of the neil, and tole objeft of her future... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1790 - 646 sidor
...fat her ufual time, and difengaged the young cuckoo nnd fome of her own offspring from the (hell *, her own young ones, and any of her eggs that remain unhatched, are foon turned out, the young cuckoo remaining pofleflbr of the neft, and foie objeft of her future care.... | |
 | 1790 - 566 sidor
...fat her ufual time, and difengaged the young cuckoo and fome of her own offspring from the fhell*, her own young ones, and any of her eggs that remain unhatched, are foon turned out, the young cuckoo remaining poffeffor of the neft, and fole objeft of her future care.... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 728 sidor
...her usual time, and disengaged the yoang cuckoo and some of her own offspring from the shell*, her young ones, and any of her eggs that remain unhatched, are soon turned out, the young cuckoo remaining possessor of the nest, and sole object of her future care. The young birds are not pre. vionslj... | |
 | 1816 - 338 sidor
...happens that not more than two or three of the parent bird's eggs are hatched with that of the Cuckoo ; and, what is very remarkable, it has never been observed...nest, and is the sole object of the future care of its foster parent. The young birds are not previously killed, nor the eggs demolished, but all are... | |
 | 1817 - 494 sidor
...either thrown out or injured the egg of the cuckoo. ' When the hedge-sparrow has sat her usual time, and disengaged the young cuckoo and some of her own offspring...remain unhatched, are soon turned out, the young cuckoo remaining possessor of the nest, and sole object of her future care. The young birds are not previously... | |
 | Edward Polehampton, John Mason Good - 1818 - 894 sidor
...either thrown out or injured the egg of the cuckoo. When the hedge-sparrow has sat her usual time, and disengaged the young cuckoo and some of her own offspring from the sheJJ*, her young ones, and any of her eggs that remain unhitched, are soon turned out, the young cuckoo... | |
 | J. Macloc - 1820 - 348 sidor
...the cuckoo has either been thrown out or injured. When the hedge-sparrow has sit her usual time, and disengaged the young cuckoo and some of her own offspring from the shell, her own young ones, and those of her eggs that remain unhatched, are generally turned out of the nest by the intruder. The... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1823 - 534 sidor
...leaving the future care of it entirely to the hedge-sparrow. When this bird has sat her usual time, and disengaged the young cuckoo and some of her own offspring...remain unhatched, are soon turned out, the young cuckoo remaining possessor of the nest, and sole object of her future care. The young birds are not previously... | |
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I have never seen an instance where the hedge-sparrow has either thrown out or injured the egg of the cuckoo. ' When the hedge-sparrow has sat her usual time, and disengaged the young cuckoo and some of her own offspring from the shell, her own young... 
