 | George Edwards - 1760 - Страниц: 290
...from its natural fize : its wings, when extended, meafured three feet and an half from tip to tip ; from the point of the bill to the end of the tail it meafured two feet. The Hawk's bill is of a blueiih colour: the edges of the upper mandible are waved... | |
 | 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
...Thing had 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... | |
 | Benjamin Martin - 1782 - Страниц: 456
...Prints. Clean. The HERON, my Euphrofine, is a Bird, whofe Beak, Neck, and Legs, are all of a great Length — from the Point of the Bill to the End of the Claws is four Feet. — It is nearly the Size of a Goofe, and weighs about four Pounds. By it's long... | |
 | 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: 260
...sits down 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... | |
 | 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
...species. THE LINNET. THIS favourite bird, which is universally admired for the melody of its voice, is in length, from the point of the bill to the end of the tail, five inches and a half; the bill blueish-grey ; the eyes hazel; the upper parts of the head, neck,... | |
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Then take the dimensions from the point of the bill to the end of the tail... 
