 | William Bullock (F.L.S.) - 1809 - عدد الصفحات: 100
...and never more, in appearance like fmall peafe, as white as fnow, with here and there a yellow fpeck. The time of incubation continues twelve days, at the...than a blue-bottle fly. " I could never perceive," fays Father Dutertre, " how the mother fed them, 'except that (he pre*' fented the tongue covered entirely... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1814 - عدد الصفحات: 234
...cotton^ There are never more than two eggs found in the nest; these are about the size of small peas, and as white as snow, with here and there a yellow speck. The male and the female sit upon the ucst by turns; but the female takes to herself the greatest share.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - عدد الصفحات: 470
...warmly lined with cotton. They lay two eggs at a time, and never more, about the size of small peas, and as white as snow, with here and there a yellow speck. The male and the female sit upon the nest by turns ; but the female takes to herself the greatest share.... | |
 | 1819 - عدد الصفحات: 186
...There are never more than two eggs found in the nest ; these are about the size of small peas, and as white as snow, with here and there a yellow speck. The male and the female sit upon the nest by turns ; but the female takes to herself the greatest share.... | |
 | 1813 - عدد الصفحات: 998
...such nests in regard to size. She lays two eggs, of the magnitude of small peas, beautifully white, with here and there a yellow speck. . The time of...incubation continues twelve days, at the end of which period the young ones appear, hardly exceeding the size of a blue-bottle fly. Thus, from the immense... | |
 | William Pinnock - 1822 - عدد الصفحات: 252
...the flowers, and their honey in perfection. 22. During this short interval the male takes her place. The time of incubation continues twelve days ; at the end of which the young ones appear, much about the size of a blue-bottle fly. They are at first bare ; by degrees they are covered with... | |
 | Charles Hulbert - 1823 - عدد الصفحات: 374
...size ot half a walnut. They lay two eggs at a time, and never more, in appearance like small peas, as white as snow, with here and there a yellow speck....blue-bottle fly. " I could never perceive" (says Father Duteste) " how the mother fed them, except that she presented the tongue covered entirely with honey... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1828 - عدد الصفحات: 612
...warmly lined with cotton. They lay two eggs at a time, and never more/about the size of small peas, and as white as snow, with here and there a yellow speck. The male and the female sit upon the nest by turns, but the female takes to herself the greatest share.... | |
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - عدد الصفحات: 522
...hen's egg cut in two. They lay two eggs at a time, and never more, about the size of small peas, and as white as snow, with here and there a yellow speck....days ; at the end of which the young ones appear, and are much about the size of a bluebottle fly. It is a doubt whether or not these birds have a continued... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1831 - عدد الصفحات: 180
...the flowers, and their honey in perfection. 8. During the short interval, the male takes her place. The time of incubation continues twelve days ; at the end of which the young ones appear, much about' the size of a blue-bottle fly. They are at first bare ; by degrees they are covered with... | |
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There are never more than two eggs found in the nest; these are about the size of small peas, and as white as snow, with here and there a yellow speck. The male and the female sit upon the nest by turns ; but the female takes to herself the greatest share.... 
