 | 1802 - 610 oldal
...run for shelter iuto an old fox-earth under the bank. So wonderful a power is instinct. « WHITE. ' It is not uncommon to see an old partridge feign itself...them away from its helpless unfledged young ones. 1 have seen it often, and once in particular I saw a remarkable instance of the old bird's solicitude... | |
 | Stephen Glover - 1829 - 600 oldal
...food, and sit close by each other, frequently covering their young with their wings, like the hen. It is not uncommon to see an old partridge feign itself...either dog or man, to draw them away from its helpless young ones. Several remarkable instances of their solicitude to save their brood are recorded by sportsmen.... | |
 | Stephen Glover - 1831 - 510 oldal
...food, and sit close by each other, frequently covering their young with their wings, like the hen. It is not uncommon to see an old partridge feign itself...either dog or man, to draw them away from its helpless young ones. Several remarkable instances of their solicitude to save their brood are recorded by sportsmen.... | |
 | 1869 - 514 oldal
..." it is not uncommon" says Markwick, '' to see an old partridge feign itself wounded, and run along the ground fluttering and crying before either dog...away from its helpless unfledged young ones. I have often seen it, and once in particular I saw a remarkable instance of solicitude in the old bird to... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - 1833 - 640 oldal
...unable to fly, run for shelter into an old foxearth under the bank. So wonderful a power ia instinct. It is not uncommon to see an old partridge feign itself...it often, and once in particular I saw a remarkable in. stance of the old bird's solicitude to save its brood. At I was bunting with a young pointer, the... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1834 - 392 oldal
...another in the evening. This remarkable duck was killed by a servant ignorant of its virtues. — ED. * It is not uncommon to see an old partridge feign itself wounded, and run along on the ground fluttering ana crying, before either dog or man, to draw them away from its helpless unfledged young ones. 1 have... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1834 - 396 oldal
...another in the evening. This remarkable duck was killed by a servant ignorant of its virtues. — ED. * It is not uncommon to see an old partridge feign itself wounded, and run along on the ground fluttering ana crying, before either dog or man, to draw them away from its helpless unfledged young ones. I have... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1837 - 678 oldal
...its own element, buffeted the fox with its wings about the head till it was drowned. — MARKWICK. 8 It is not uncommon to see an old partridge feign itself...run along on the ground fluttering and crying before cither dog or man, FF HYBRID PHEASANT. LORD STAWELL sent me from the great lodge in the Holt a curious... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1837 - 680 oldal
...its own element, buffeted the fox with its wings about the head till it was drowned. — MAHKWICK. 8 It is not uncommon to see an old partridge feign itself...run along on the ground fluttering and crying before cither dog or man, FF HYBRID PHEA»AJfT. JLo«D STAWELL sent me from the great lodge in the Holt a... | |
 | 1869 - 514 oldal
..." it is not uncommon" says Markwick, " to see an old partridge feign itself wounded, and run along the ground fluttering and crying before either dog...away from its helpless unfledged young ones. . I have often seen it, and once in particular I saw a remarkable instance of solicitude in the old bird to... | |
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It is not uncommon to see an old partridge feign itself wounded, and run along on the ground fluttering and crying, before either dog or man, to draw them away from its helpless unfledged young ones. I have seen it often ; and once in particular, I saw... 
