 ... as if by the hand ; and so completely was the thatching pulled off, that the immediate removal of the corn became necessary. The sparrow and other birds burrow into the stack, and pilfer the corn ; but the deliberate operation of unroofing the edifice...  The Farmers Magazine Volume The Sixth - Side 209af JOSEPH BOGERSON - 1837Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | John Leonard Knapp - 1829 - 452 sider
...on the ground, the other against the mow, as it slid down from the summit, and regularly placed as if by the hand; and so completely was the thatching...edifice appears to be the habit of this bunting alone. Old simplicities, tokens of winds and weather, and the plain observances of rural life, are every where... | |
 | John Leonard Knapp - 1831 - 330 sider
...on the ground, the other against the mow, as it slid down from the summit, and regularly placed as if by the hand; and so completely was the thatching...The sparrow and other birds burrow into the stack, arid pilfer the corn ; but the deliberate operation of unroofing the edifice appears to be the habit... | |
 | George Montagu - 1831 - 670 sider
...drawing it out to search for any grain that might yet remain. The. sparrow and other birds will burrow in the stack, and pilfer the corn, but the deliberate operation of unroofing the edifice appears to be peculiar to the Bunting."* When it sings (if it can be called a song) it generally assumes the loftiest... | |
 | 1833 - 472 sider
...the other against the mow '' (mow!), " as it slid down from the sum" mit, and regularly placed, as if by " the hand ; and so completely was the " thatching pulled off, that the imme" diate removal of the corn became necessary." To match this story exactly, one must have another... | |
 | Henry Stephens - 1852 - 828 sider
...the ground, and the other against the snow, as it slid down from the summit, and regularly placed as if by the hand; and so completely was the thatching...of unroofing the edifice appears to be the habit of the bunting alone." Such a circumstance as this shows the risks which stacks built in the field run,... | |
 | Francis Orpen Morris - 1852 - 516 sider
...down from the summit, and regularly placed, as if by the hand; and so completely was the thatehing pulled off, that the immediate removal of the corn...the stack, and pilfer the corn, but the deliberate unroofing the edifice appears to be the habit of this Bunting alone." They arc rather, though by no... | |
 | John Leonard Knapp, Susan Fenimore Cooper - 1853 - 370 sider
...on the ground, the other against the mow, as it slid down from the summit, and regularly placed as if by the hand ; and so completely was the thatching...edifice appears to be the habit of this bunting alone. Old simplicities, tokens of winds and weather, and the plain observances of rural life, are everywhere... | |
 | Henry Stephens - 1853 - 854 sider
...ground, and the other against the snow 7 , as it slid down from the summit, and regularly placet) as if by the hand; and so completely was the thatching...of unroofing the edifice appears to be the habit of the bunting' alone.*' Such a circumstance as tins shows the risks which stacks built in the field run,... | |
 | Johann Matthäus Bechstein - 1856 - 598 sider
...resting on the ground, the other against the mow as it slid down from the summit, and regularly placed as if by the hand ; and so completely was the thatching...edifice, appears to be the habit of this Bunting alone." 93. THE OBTOLAN Bmrinra. Emberiza Hortulena, LIN. L' Ortolan, BT;F. Der Gartenammer, BECH. Description.... | |
 | John George Wood - 1862 - 804 sider
...the summit ; and so completely was the thatching pulled off, that the immediate renewal of the cover became necessary. The sparrow and other birds burrow...edifice appears to be the habit of this Bunting alone." During the autumn and winter, the Buntings assemble in nocks, and as they get very BDNTiNG.-£m4iri»o... | |
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