 | John Leonard Knapp - Electronic books - 1829 - 452 pages
...pleased this day by detecting the stratagems of a common wren to conceal its nest from observation. It had formed a hollow space in the thatch, on the...from the rafter; and so perfect was the deception, that I should not have noticed it, though tolerably observant of such things, had not the bird betrayed... | |
 | John Leonard Knapp - Animals - 1831 - 330 pages
...pleased this day by detecting the stratagems of a common wren to conceal its nest from observation. It had formed a hollow space in the thatch, on the...had negligently hung a ragged piece of moss on the straw- work, concealingHhe entrance, and apparently proceeding from the rafter; and so perfect was... | |
 | John Leonard Knapp - Natural history - 1831 - 326 pages
...pleased this day by detecting the stratagems of a common wren to conceal its nest from observation. It had formed a hollow space in the thatch, on the...had negligently hung a ragged piece of moss on the straw- work, concealing the entrance, and apparently proceeding from the rafter; and so perfect was... | |
 | Birds - 1842 - 172 pages
...pleased to-day, by detecting the stratagems of a common wren to conceal its nest from observation. It had formed a hollow space in the thatch, on the...from the rafter; and, so perfect was the deception, that I should not have noticed it, though tolerably observant of such things, had not the bird betrayed... | |
 | Horse racing - 1832 - 712 pages
...wren, to conceal its nest from observation. It had formed a hollow space in the thatch, on the jnside of my cow-shed, in which it had placed its nest by...had negligently hung a ragged piece of moss on the straw work, concealing the entrance, and apparently proceeding from the rafter; and so perfect was... | |
 | Anne Pratt - Birds - 1852 - 502 pages
...says Mr. Knapp, "by detecting the stratagems of a common wren to conceal its nest from observation. It had formed a hollow space in the thatch, on the...from the rafter ; and so perfect was the deception, that I should not have noticed it, though tolerably observant of such things, had not the bird betrayed... | |
 | John Leonard Knapp, Susan Fenimore Cooper - Country life - 1853 - 370 pages
...pleased this day by detecting the stratagems of a common wren to conceal its nest from observation. It had formed a hollow space in the thatch, on the...from the rafter ; and so perfect was the deception, that I should not have noticed it, though tolerably observant of such things, had not the bird betrayed... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1853 - 646 pages
...says Mr. Knapp, " by detecting the stratagems of a common wren to conceal its nest from observation. It had formed a hollow space in the thatch, on the...from the rafter; and so perfect was the deception, that I should not have noticed it, though tolerably observant of such things, had not the bird betrayed... | |
 | Henry Gardiner Adams - Birds - 1854 - 110 pages
...a Naturalist," by Knapp, will place the sagacity of the Wren in a yet stronger light: — "The bird had formed a hollow space in the thatch on the inside...should engage attention, it had negligently hung a piece of moss on the straw-work, concealing the entrance, and apparently proceeding from the rafter;... | |
 | Henry Gardiner Adams - Birds - 1855 - 110 pages
...place the sagacity of the Wren in a yet stronger light: — "The bird had formed a hollow space iu the thatch on the inside of my cowshed, in which it...should engage attention, it had negligently hung a piece of moss on the straw- work, concealing the entrance, and apparently proceeding from the rafter;... | |
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June 14. — I was much pleased this day by detecting the stratagems of a common wren to conceal its nest from observation. It had formed a hollow space in the thatch, on the inside of my cow-shed, in which it had placed its nest by the side of a rafter,... 
