 | British birds - 1840 - 326 pages
...superior in size, turned out the other, together with the young hedge-sparrow and the egg. This contest was very remarkable. The combatants alternately appeared to have the advantage, as each carried the other several times to the top of the nest, and then sunk down again, oppressed by the weight of its burden... | |
 | Forbes Winslow - 1842 - 864 pages
...size, turned out the other, together with the young hedge-sparrow, and the unhatched egg. This contest was very remarkable ; the combatants alternately appeared to have the advantage, as each carried the other several times nearly to the top of the nest, and then sunk down again, oppressed by the weight of its... | |
 | The treasury of wit and anecdote - 1842 - 336 pages
...superior in size, turned out the other, together with the young hedge-sparrow and the unhatched egg. The combatants alternately appeared to have the advantage, as each carried the other several times to the top of the nest, and then sank down again, oppressed by the weight of the burthen... | |
 | Mrs. Loudon (Jane) - 1850 - 630 pages
...turned out the other, together with the young hedge-sparrow and the unhatched egg. The contest, he adds, was very remarkable : the combatants alternately appeared to have the advantage, as each carried the other several times nearly to the top of the nest, and again sank down oppressed by the weight of its burden... | |
 | Francis Orpen Morris - 1852 - 516 pages
...size, turned out the other, together with the young Hedge-Sparrow and the unhatehed egg. This contest was very remarkable — the combatants alternately...appeared to have the advantage, as each carried the other several times nearly to the top of the nest, and then sank down again, oppressed by the weight of its... | |
 | 1853 - 394 pages
...superior in size, turned out the other, together with the young hedge-sparrow and the unhatched egg. The combatants alternately appeared to have the advantage, as each carried the other several times to the top of the nest, and than sank down again, oppressed by the weight of the burthen... | |
 | John George Wood - 1862 - 804 pages
...size, turned out the other, together with the young hedge-sparrow and the unhatched egg. This contest was very remarkable. The combatants alternately appeared to have the advantage, as each carried the other several times nearly to the top of the nest, and then sank down again oppressed by the weight of its... | |
 | John George Wood - 1862 - 804 pages
...size, turned out the other, together with the young hedge-sparrow and the unhatched egg. This contest was very remarkable. The combatants alternately appeared to have the advantage, as each carried the other several times nearly to the top of the nest, and then sank down again oppressed by the weight of its... | |
 | John George Wood - 1862 - 804 pages
...size, turned out the other, together with the young hedge-sparrow and the unhatched egg. This contest was very remarkable. The combatants alternately appeared to have the advantage, as each carried the other several times nearly to the top of the nest, and then sank down again oppressed by the weight of its... | |
 | John George Wood - 1831 - 802 pages
...size, turned out the other, together with the young hedge-sparrow and the unhatched egg. This contest was very remarkable. The combatants alternately appeared to have the advantage, as each carried the other several times nearly to the top of the nest, and then sank down again oppressed by the weight of its... | |
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... the next afternoon; when one of them, which was somewhat superior in size, turned out the other, together with the young hedge-sparrow and the unhatched egg. 
