 | Sarah Lee - 1844 - عدد الصفحات: 520
...the following anecdote of it: — " During the early part of the summer of 1835, a pair of Water Hens built their nest by the margin of the ornamental pond...sitting; and, as the nest had been built when the water level stood low, the sudden influx of this large body of water from the second pond caused a... | |
 | William Houghton - 1869 - عدد الصفحات: 198
...height above, but into which the contents of another large pond can occasionally be admitted. This 8 was done while the female was sitting ; and as the nest had been huilt when the water-level stood low, the sudden influx of this large body of water from the second... | |
 | George John Romanes - 1882 - عدد الصفحات: 550
...the bird did; instinct prevailed over reason. Her eggs were above, and only just above, the water. During the early part of the summer of 1835, a pair...sitting ; and as the nest had been built when the water level stood low, the sudden influx of this large body of water from the second pond caused a... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1890 - عدد الصفحات: 738
...fed from a spring, and into which another large pond was occasionally emptied. This upon one occasion was done while the female was sitting, and, as the nest had been built at low water, the sudden influx from the second pond caused the water to rise so rapidly as to threaten... | |
 | John Wilson - 1891 - عدد الصفحات: 354
...fed from a spring, and into which another large pond was occasionally emptied. This upon one occasion was done while the female was sitting, and, as the nest had been built at low water, the sudden influx from the second pond caused the water to rise so rapidly as to threaten... | |
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... early part of the summer of 1835, a pair of Waterhens built their nest by the margin of the ornamental pond at Bell's Hill, a piece of water of considerable extent, and ordinarily fed by a spring from the height above, but into which the contents... 