 | Preceptor - 1758 - Страниц: 590
...bold, jtnd very voracious and fierce in devouring his Prey. He It of a large Size, near four Feet long from the Point of the Bill to the End of the Tail ; and betwixt the Points of each Wing, when extended, near fix Feet ; his Beak is very ftrong, crooked... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1758 - Страниц: 586
...bold, and very voracious and fierce in devouring his Prey. He is of a large Size, near four Feet long from the Point of the Bill to the End of the Tail ; and betwixt the Points of each Wing, when extended, near fix Feet ; his Beak is very ftrong, crooked... | |
 | Eleazar Albin - 1759 - Страниц: 160
...this, but in Weight, one three Ounces, the other three and an Half. The Length of a full-grown Bird, from the Point of the Bill, to the End of the Tail, is nine Inches ; of which the Bill is one, and the Tail three and a Half; therefore, allowing for Tail,... | |
 | Thomas Boreman - 1769 - Страниц: 110
...been done by Nature's Inftinft, had he not with his own Eyes feen it. 19. THE HORN OWL is in Length, from the Point of the Bill to the End of the Tail, about fourteen Inches ; its Breadth, meafuring from Tip to Tipof the Wings extended, three Feet and... | |
 | Richard Turner - 1792 - Страниц: 296
...bold, and very voracious and fierce in devouring his prey. He is of a great fize, near four feet long from the point of the bill to the end of the tail ; and between the points of each wing, when extended, near fix feet : his beak is very ftrong, crooked,... | |
 | George Low - 1813 - Страниц: 272
...contentedly to a piece of dead horse if it can get it. In bulk it almost equals a goose ; the length, from the point of the bill to the end of the tail, two feet three inches, but if measured to the claws it is two feet five ; when the wings are extended... | |
 | 1816 - Страниц: 386
...Cigogne, Buff.) THE "White Stork is smaller than the Crane, but much larger than the Heron : its length, from the point of the bill to the end of the tail, is three feet six inches ; and its breadth, from tip to tip, above six feet. The bill is of a fine... | |
 | Thomas Boreman - 1818 - Страниц: 420
...time sufficient to build another. THE HOOPOE Is a small bird, measuring no more than twelve inches from the point of the bill to the end of the tail. The bill is sharp, black, and somewhat bending. The head is adorned with a very beautiful, large, moveable... | |
 | J. Macloc - 1820 - Страниц: 348
...redish brown. THE WREN. THIS bird, which weighs only three drachms, and is but four inches in length, from the point of the bill to the end of the tail, is admired for the loudness of its note, compared with the little body whence it issues ; and even... | |
 | 1843 - Страниц: 588
...membranes, slate-gray. The same zoologist states the measurement of the Polish swan to be fifty-seven inches from the point of the bill to the end of the tail ; and says, that the food and habits closely resemble those of the mute swan, Cygnus olor, whose organ... | |
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The great blue heron (Ardea herodias) is about four feet in length from the point of the bill to the end of the tail, and nearly six feet across the wings. 
