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" I have never seen an instance where the hedge-sparrow has either thrown out or injured the egg of the cuckoo. ' When the hedge-sparrow has sat her usual time, and disengaged the young cuckoo and some of her own offspring from the shell, her own young... "
Animal Biography: Or, Authentic Anecdotes of the Lives, Manners, and Economy ... - Page 295
by William Bingley - 1803
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The New London Magazine, Volume 1

716 pages
...has fat her ufual lime, and diicngagcd the young cuckoo and fome of ner own offspring from the fhell, her own young ones, and any of her eggs that remain . unhatched, are foon turned out, the young cuckoo remaining pofTcffor of the neft, and folc obieft of her future care....
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Annual Register of World Events, Volume 30

History - 1790 - 562 pages
...fat her ufual time, and difengaged the young cuckoo and fome of her own offspring from the (hell*, her own young ones, and any of her eggs that remain unhatched, are foon turned out, the young cuckoo remaining poíTeíTor of the neil, and tole objeft of her future...
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Annual Register, Volume 30

Edmund Burke - History - 1790 - 646 pages
...fat her ufual time, and difengaged the young cuckoo nnd fome of her own offspring from the (hell *, her own young ones, and any of her eggs that remain unhatched, are foon turned out, the young cuckoo remaining pofleflbr of the neft, and foie objeft of her future care....
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and ..., Volume 30

History - 1790 - 566 pages
...fat her ufual time, and difengaged the young cuckoo and fome of her own offspring from the fhell*, her own young ones, and any of her eggs that remain unhatched, are foon turned out, the young cuckoo remaining poffeffor of the neft, and fole objeft of her future care....
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Gallery of Nature and Art, Or a Tour Through Creation and Science ..., Volume 5

Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 728 pages
...her usual time, and disengaged the yoang cuckoo and some of her own offspring from the shell*, her young ones, and any of her eggs that remain unhatched, are soon turned out, the young cuckoo remaining possessor of the nest, and sole object of her future care. The young birds are not pre. vionslj...
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History and description of land birds

Birds - 1816 - 338 pages
...happens that not more than two or three of the parent bird's eggs are hatched with that of the Cuckoo ; and, what is very remarkable, it has never been observed...nest, and is the sole object of the future care of its foster parent. The young birds are not previously killed, nor the eggs demolished, but all are...
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Time's Telescope for ... ; Or, A Complete Guide to the Almanack

Almanacs, English - 1817 - 494 pages
...either thrown out or injured the egg of the cuckoo. ' When the hedge-sparrow has sat her usual time, and disengaged the young cuckoo and some of her own offspring...remain unhatched, are soon turned out, the young cuckoo remaining possessor of the nest, and sole object of her future care. The young birds are not previously...
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The Gallery of Nature and Art: Or, a Tour Through Creation and Science, Volume 5

Edward Polehampton, John Mason Good - Natural history - 1818 - 894 pages
...either thrown out or injured the egg of the cuckoo. When the hedge-sparrow has sat her usual time, and disengaged the young cuckoo and some of her own offspring from the sheJJ*, her young ones, and any of her eggs that remain unhitched, are soon turned out, the young cuckoo...
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A Natural History of All the Most Remarkable Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes ...

J. Macloc - Animals - 1820 - 348 pages
...the cuckoo has either been thrown out or injured. When the hedge-sparrow has sit her usual time, and disengaged the young cuckoo and some of her own offspring from the shell, her own young ones, and those of her eggs that remain unhatched, are generally turned out of the nest by the intruder. The...
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A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature, Volume 3

Oliver Goldsmith - Physical geography - 1823 - 534 pages
...leaving the future care of it entirely to the hedge-sparrow. When this bird has sat her usual time, and disengaged the young cuckoo and some of her own offspring...remain unhatched, are soon turned out, the young cuckoo remaining possessor of the nest, and sole object of her future care. The young birds are not previously...
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