 | James Anderson - 1800 - 632 pages
...numerous flock must make among these insects must be very great. A cautious observer, having found a nest of five young jays, remarked, that each of these birds, while yet very young, consumed fifteen at least of these full-sized grubs in a day, and of course would require many more of a smaller... | |
 | William Bingley - 1803 - 624 pages
...the havoc that a numerous flock makes among them must be very great. A cautious observer having found a nest of five young jays, remarked that each of these birds, •while yet very young, consumed at least fifteen of these full-sized grubs in a day ; and averaging their .sizes, it may be said that... | |
 | William Bingley - 1805 - 622 pages
...numerous flock makes among them must be very greats .A cautious observer, having found a nest of; fifrt young jays, remarked that each of these birds, while yet very young, consumed at least fifteen of these full-sized grubs in a day ; and averaging their sizes, it may be said that... | |
 | George Barrington - 1810 - 512 pages
...the havoc that a numerous flock makes among them must be very great. A cautious observer having found a nest of five young jays, remarked, that each of these birds, while yet very young, consumed at least fifteen of these full-sized grubs in a day ; and averaging their sizes, it may be said that... | |
 | William Bingley - 1829 - 380 pages
...and the havock that a numerous flock makes among them must be very great. A gentleman, having found a nest of five young jays, remarked that each of these birds, while yet very young, consumed at least fifteen full-sized grubs of the Chafer in a day ; and averaging their sizes, it may be said... | |
 | Gill's scientific, technological and microscopic repository - 1829 - 416 pages
...that a numerous flock makes among them must be very great. A cautious observer, having found a nest of young jays, remarked, that each of these birds, while yet very young, consumed at least fifteen of these full sized grubs in a day; and averaging their sizes, it may be said that... | |
 | Thaddeus William Harris, Massachusetts. Zoological and Botanical Survey - 1841 - 484 pages
...follow the plough. In " Anderson 'sRecreations," it is stated that "a cautious observer, having found a nest of five young jays, remarked, that each of these birds, while yet very young, consumed at least fifteen of these full-sized grubs in one day, and of course would require many more of a smaller... | |
 | Cuthbert William Johnson - 1844 - 1210 pages
...light it deserves. In "Anderson's Recreations," it is stated that "a cautious observer, having found a nest of five young jays, remarked that each of these birds, while yet very young, consumed at least fifteen of these full-sized grubs in one dav, and of course would require many more of a smaller... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1848 - 924 pages
...follow the plough. In "Anderson*! Hecreatione," it Ls stated that " a cautious observer, having found a nest of five young jays, remarked that each of these birds, while yet very young, consumed at least fifteen of there full-nixed grubs in one day, and of courte would require many more of a smaller... | |
 | 1852 - 618 pages
...following paragraph, which we quote from Harris' Insects, p. 26. " A cautious observer, having found a nest of five young jays, remarked, that each of these birds while yet very young, consumed at least fifteen of these full sized grubs (cockchafers) in a day, and of course would require many... | |
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it is stated, that " a cautious observer, having found a nest of five young jays, remarked, that each of these birds, while yet very young, consumed at least fifteen of these full-sized grubs in one day, and of course would require many more of a smaller... 
