 Pennsylvania; and about the tenth of May begins to build its nest. This is generally fixed on the upper side of a horizontal branch, not among the twigs, but on the body of the branch itself. Yet I have known instances where it was attached by the side...  The Natural History of Humming Birds - Pàgina 122per William Jardine - 1845Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Alexander Wilson, George Ord - 1828 - 464 pàgines
...horizontal branch, not among the twigs, but on the body of the branch itself. Yet I have known instances where it was attached by the side to an old moss-grown...build on; and in the orchard, or garden, selects a pear tree for that purpose. The branch is seldom more than ten feet from the ground. The nest is about... | |
 | Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte - 1831 - 372 pàgines
...horizontal branch, not among the twigs, but on the body of the branch itself. Yet I have known instances where it was attached by the side to an old moss-grown...build on ; and in the orchard, or garden, selects a pear tree for that purpose. The branch is seldom more than ten feet from the ground. The nest is about... | |
 | Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, William Jardine - 1832 - 576 pàgines
...horizontal branch, not among the twigs, but on the body of the branch itself. Yet I have known instances where it was attached by the side to an old moss-grown...build on ; and in the orchard or garden, selects a pear tree for that purpose. The branch is seldom more than ten feet from the ground. The nest is about... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson - 1837 - 678 pàgines
...horizontal branch, not among the twigs, but on the body of the branch itself. Yet I have known instances where it was attached by the side to an old moss-grown...white oak sapling to build on ; and, in the orchard orgarden, selects a pear tree for that purpose. The branch VOL. I. — No. 11. N. s. xx is seldom more... | |
 | Henry Duncan - 1836 - 434 pàgines
...horizontal branch, not among the twigs, but on the body of the branch itself. Yet I have known instances where it was attached, by the side, to an old moss-grown...cases are rare. In the woods, it very often chooses a white-oak sapling to build on, and in the orchard or garden, selects a pear-tree for that purpose.... | |
 | 1837 - 844 pàgines
...horizontal brandi, not among the twigs, IILI on the body of the branch itself. Yet I have known instances where it was attached, by the side, to an old moss-grown trunk ; and others, where it was faster-«! on a strong rank stalk or weed in the garden ; but thtse cases are rare. In the woods, it... | |
 | 1842 - 172 pàgines
...branch, not among the twigs, but on the body of the branch itself. Some instances are mentioned in which it was attached by the side to an old moss-grown trunk ; and others, in which it was fastened on a strong rank stalk, or weed, in the garden : but such cases are rare.... | |
 | Theodore Dwight - 1845 - 846 pàgines
...horizontal branch, not among the twigs, but on the body of the branch itself. Yet I have known instances where it was attached by the side to an old mossgrown...cases are rare. In the woods it very often chooses a white-oak sapling to build on, and in the orchard or garden selects a pear-tree for that purpose. The... | |
 | Wonders - 1848 - 496 pàgines
...horizontal branch, not among the twigs, but on the body of the branch itself. I have known some instances where it was attached by the side to an old mossgrown...garden ; but these cases are rare. In the woods, it often chooses a white oak sapling to build on ; and in the orchard or garden selects a pear-tree for... | |
 | Henry Gardiner Adams - 1856 - 108 pàgines
...straight out,) not among the twigs, but on the body of the branch itself. Yet I have known instances where it was attached by the side to an old moss-grown trunk; and others where it was fastened to a strong rank stalk, or weed in the garden; but these cases are rare. In the woods it very often... | |
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