 | William H. Wintringham - 1892 - 446 pages
...astonishment, saw the young cuckoo, though so newly hatched, in the act of turning out the young hedge-sparrow. "The mode of accomplishing this was very curious. The little animal, with the assistance of its rump and wings, contrived to get the bird upon its back, and making a lodgment for... | |
 | Alfred Henry Miles - 1895 - 462 pages
...saw the young cuckoo, though so lately hatched, in the act of turning out the young hedge-sparrow. The mode of accomplishing this was very curious; the little animal, with the assistance of its rump and wings, contrived to get the bird upon its back, and making a lodgment for... | |
 | George Albemarle Bertie Dewar - 1899 - 356 pages
...saw the young cuckoo, though so newly hatched, in the act of turning out the young hedgesparrow. ' The mode of accomplishing this was very curious. The little animal, with the assistance of its rump and wings, contrived to get the bird upon its back, and making a lodgment for... | |
 | 1903 - 450 pages
...saw the young cuckoo, though so newly hatched, in the act of turning out the young hedge-sparrow. " The mode of accomplishing this was very curious. The little animal, with the assistance of its rump and wings, contrived to get the bird upon its back, and making a lodgment for... | |
 | 1909 - 860 pages
...he saw the young cuckoo only a day old in the very act of turning out the Joint tenant of the nest. The mode of accomplishing this was very curious. The little animal with the assistance of its rump and wings contrived to get the bird upon Its back, and making a lodgment for... | |
 | Tim Fulford - 2002 - 334 pages
...astonishment, saw the young cuckoo, though so newly hatched, in the act of turning out the young hedge-sparrow. The mode of accomplishing this was very curious. The little animal, with the assistance of its rump and wings, contrived to get the bird upon its back, and making a lodgement for... | |
 | 1825 - 686 pages
...astonishment saw the cuckoo" (though only one day old) " in the act of turning out the young hedge-sparrow. The mode " of accomplishing this was very curious : the little animal, with " the assistance of its rump and wings, contrived to get the bird " upon its back, and making a lodgment... | |
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... of the nest till it reached the top, where, resting for a moment, it threw off... 
