 | Mrs. Loudon (Jane) - Natural history - 1850 - 630 pages
...observed that she has either thrown out or injured the egg of the Cuckoo. When the hedgesparrow has set her usual time, and has disengaged the young Cuckoo,...shell, her own young ones and any of her eggs that remained unhatched are soon turned out : the young Cuckoo then remains in full possession of the nest,... | |
 | William Bingley - Zoology - 1871 - 1056 pages
...observed that she has either thrown out or injured the egg of the Cuckoo. When the Hedge-Sparrow has set her usual time, and has disengaged the young Cuckoo...some of her own offspring from the shell, her own young-ones, and any of her eggs that remain unhatched, are soon turned out: the young Cuckoo then remains... | |
 | George John Romanes - Animal behavior - 1882 - 550 pages
...except in instances which are particularly specified. When the hedge-sparrow has sat her usual tune, and disengaged the young cuckoo and some of her own offspring from the shell,2 her own young ones, and any of her eggs that remain nnhatched, are soon turned out, the young... | |
 | George John Romanes - Animal behavior - 1884 - 552 pages
...sat her usual time, and disengaged the young cuckoo and some of her own offspring from the shell,2 her own young ones, and any of her eggs that remain unhatched, are soon turned out, the young cuckoo remaining 1 Phil. Trans., vol. Ixxviii., p. 221 et seq. 1 The young cuckoo is generally hatched first.... | |
 | Thomas Bewick - Birds - 1885 - 472 pages
...of the intruder. When she has disengaged the young Cuckoo and her own offspring from the shell, her young ones, and any of her eggs that remain unhatched, are soon turned out by the young Cuckoo, who then remains in full possession of the nest, and becomes the sole object of... | |
 | William H. Wintringham - Birds in literature - 1892 - 446 pages
...• " When the hedge-sparrow has sat her usual time, and disengaged the young cuckoo and some of her offspring from the shell, her own young ones, and...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... | |
 | Louis Compton Miall - Nature study - 1896 - 314 pages
...deposit her egg among the rest. When the Hedge-sparrow (or other Bird) has sat her usual time, and disengaged the young Cuckoo and some of her own offspring...unhatched, are soon turned out, the young Cuckoo, which is commonly hatched first, remaining possessor of the nest, and sole object of her future care.... | |
 | Animal welfare - 1903 - 450 pages
...History of Coa-Pox and Vaccinal Syphilis, p. 157. " 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... | |
 | Tim Fulford - Europe - 2002 - 334 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 shell2, her own young ones, and any of her eggs that remain unhatched. are soon turned out. the young... | |
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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... 
