 ... the saliva of the bird, giving firmness and consistency to the whole, as well as keeping out moisture. Within this are thick matted layers of the fine wings of certain flying seeds closely laid together : and, lastly, the downy substance from the...  The Natural History of Humming Birds - Pàgina 122per William Jardine - 1845Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1826 - 952 pàgines
...mullion, and from the stalks of the common pear, lines the whole. The base of the nest is combined round the stem of the branch, to which it closely adheres ; and when viewed from below, appears a mossy knot, or accidental protuberance. On a person approaching the nest, the little proprietors dart... | |
 | Alexander Wilson, George Ord - 1828 - 464 pàgines
...seeds, closely laid together; and, lastly, the downy substance from the great mullein, and from the stalks of the common fern, lines the whole. The base...The eggs are two, pure white, and of equal thickness at both ends. The nest and eggs in the plate were copied with great precision, and by actual measurement,... | |
 | Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, George Ord, William Maxwell Hetherington - 1831 - 380 pàgines
...seeds, closely laid together; and, lastly, the downy substance from the great mullein, and from the stalks of the common fern, lines the whole. The base...The eggs are two, pure white, and of equal thickness at both ends. On a person's approaching their nest, the little proprietors dart around with a humming... | |
 | Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, William Jardine - 1832 - 576 pàgines
...seeds, closely laid together; and, lastly, the downy substance from the great mullein, and from the stalks of the common fern, lines the whole. The base...The eggs are two, pure white, and of equal thickness at both ends. The nest and eggs in the plate were copied with great precision, and by actual measurement,... | |
 | 1837 - 738 pàgines
...seeds, closely laid together ; and, lastly, the downy substance from the great mullein, and from the stalks of the common fern, lines the whole. The base...The eggs are two, pure white, and of equal thickness at both ends." The following extract from a letter by Captain Lyon to a friend in England, dated Gongo... | |
 | Henry Duncan - 1836 - 434 pàgines
...seeds, closely laid together ; and lastly, the downy substance from the green mullien, and from the stalks of the common fern, lines the whole. The base...protuberance. The eggs are two, pure white, and of * The humming-bird ts migratory from one part of Amertca to another. equal thickness at both ends.... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson - 1837 - 678 pàgines
...seeds, closely laid together ; and, lastly, the downy substance from the great mullein, and from the stalks of the common fern, lines the whole. The base...the stem of the branch, to which it closely adheres j and, when viewed from below, appears a mere mossy knot, or accidental protuberance. The eggs are... | |
 | 1837 - 844 pàgines
...lastly, the downy substance from the green mullitn. and from the stalks of the common fern, lines 'be whole. The base of the nest is continued round the stem of the branch, to which it closely adheres ; ntiri, when viewed from below, appears a mere mossy knot, or accidental protuberance. The eggs are... | |
 | 1842 - 172 pàgines
...of certain flying seeds, closely laid together; the downy substance of the green mullien and of the stalks of the common fern lines the whole. The base of the nest was continued round the stem of the branch, to which it closely adheres, and, when seen from below,... | |
 | Theodore Dwight - 1845 - 846 pàgines
...seeds closely laid together : and, lastly, the downy substance from the great mullein and from the stalks of the common fern lines the whole. The base...The eggs are two, pure white, and of equal thickness at both ends. On a person's approaching their nest, the little proprietors dart around with a humming... | |
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