 After it was caught, it was shut up in a large hen-coop, when, on the following morning, a fine young Partridge was found lying dead before the door of the coop. It was immediately concluded that this provision had been brought there by the old Owls,...  British Birds in Their Haunts - Page 44by Charles Alexander Johns - 1862 - 626 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Bingley - Animal behavior - 1803 - 606 pages
...immediately concluded that this provision had been brought thither by the old Owls, which he supposed had been making search in the night-time for their lost young one, and had been led to the place of its confinement by its cry. This proved to have been exactly the case,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Physical geography - 1816 - 470 pages
...the month of July, was caught by his servants, and shut up in a large hen-coop. The next morning a young partridge was found lying dead before the door of the coop. For fourteen successive nights the same circumstance was repeated, plainly proving that it had been... | |
 | 1838 - 504 pages
...their full growth. After it was caught, it was shut up in a large hen-coop, when, to his surprise, on the following morning, a fine young partridge was...owls, which no doubt had been making search in the night time for their lost young one. And such was, indeed, the fact ; for night after night, for fourteen... | |
 | Zoology - 1829 - 494 pages
...some servants. This bird, after it was caught, was shut up in a large hencoop, and the next morning a young partridge was found lying dead before the door...immediately concluded that this provision had been brought thither by the parent birds, which might have been making search in the nighttime for their lost young... | |
 | James Rennie - Animal behavior - 1833 - 422 pages
...immediately concluded that this provision had been brought thither by the parent birds ; which, he supposed, had been making search in the night-time for their lost young one, and had been led to the place of its confinement by its cry. This proved to have been the case by the same... | |
 | James Rennie - Birds - 1833 - 410 pages
...immediately concluded that this provision had been brought thither by the parent birds ; which, he supposed, had been making search in the night-time for their lost young one, and had been led to the place of its confinement by its cry. This proved to have been the case by the same... | |
 | Children's periodicals - 1841 - 404 pages
...before it was fully fledged, was caught and placed in a hen-coop. To the surprise of the captors, in the morning a fine young partridge was found lying dead before the door of the coop. For fourteen days the same mark of attention was repeated, the provision someiuu>..i Confuting Oi cr.c... | |
 | 1873 - 744 pages
...full growth. Afterit was caught, it was shut up in a large hencoop, when to the captors' surprise, on the following morning, a fine young partridge was...that this provision had been brought there by the old ones, which no doubt had been making search in the night time for their lost young one. And such was,... | |
 | Wonders - Birds - 1848 - 496 pages
...yet attained their full growth. After it was caught, it was shut up in a large hen-coop, when next morning a fine young partridge was found lying dead...provision had been brought there by the old Owls, which had no doubt been making search during the night for their lost young one. And such indeed was the... | |
 | 1850 - 790 pages
...Having been shut up in a large hen-coop, to his surprise, on the following morning, a fine уоипд partridge was found lying dead before the door of...young one. And such was, indeed, the fact ; for night oner night, for fourteen days, was the same mark of attention repeated. The game which the old ones... | |
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