 | 1764 - Страниц: 804
...great Turkey-cock in England. 4.The CHATTURIR of Carolina, is about fix inches aud a half in length, from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail. The bill is (hört, a litle arched on the top of the upper mandible, and of ablackifh colour ; and... | |
 | Eleazar Albin - 1759 - Страниц: 160
...five the other, being of an oblong Figure : It weighed thirteen Ounces : The Bird itfelf is in Length, from the Tip of the Bill to the End of the Tail, eleven, of which the Bill is one Inch, and the Tail four Inches long. Of the Young, how to order them,... | |
 | Benjamin Martin - 1782 - Страниц: 456
...bad Omen, and are always found in defolate, loneibme, ffioorifli Grounds.—The Bittern is in Length from the Tip of the Bill to the End of the Tail, about thirty In-ches—the Legs are long and bare of Feathers above the Knee.—It's Colour is a mixture... | |
 | Linnean Society of London - 1791 - Страниц: 330
...He alfo fays, " Habitat in fylvis uliginofis." This bird is rather more than nine inches in length from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, and near a foot and a half from tip to tip of the wings when extended. Its bill is fmooth, black, an... | |
 | Richard Turner - 1792 - Страниц: 296
...CKO W. j^. What kind of a bird is the cuckow ? A. It is about the bignefs of a magpie; its length, from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, being above twelve inches. The throat, breaft, and belly are white. The feathers of the head are of... | |
 | Richard Turner - 1795 - Страниц: 302
...CUCKOW. <j>. What kind of a bird is the cuclcow ? A. It is about the bignefs of a magpie 5 its length, from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, being above twelve inches. The throat, breaft, and belly are white. The feathers of the head are of... | |
 | Linnean Society of London - 1798 - Страниц: 370
...birds, were feen on the fea-coaft near Bexhill: two of them were fhot and brought to me. Its length from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail is eight inches and an half; its breadth from tip to tip of the wings when extended, fifteen inches... | |
 | 1810 - Страниц: 312
...GREEN PLOVER (Plate 72.) Is rather larger than a Lapwing, and weighs about nine ounces. Its length, from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, is eleven inches, and its breadth, when the wings are extended, is twenty-four inches. The plumage... | |
 | Richard Turner - 1811 - Страниц: 302
...CUCKOW. £J. What kind of bird is the cuckow ? y/. It is about the bignefs of a magpie ; its length, from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, being about twelve inches. The throat, breaft, and belly are white. The feathers of the head are of... | |
 | George Shaw - 1790 - Страниц: 302
...considers as a new species of the genus Buceros. It is a native of India, and measures about twenty inches from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail. Its manners and particular history are at present unknown. I 2 *#*##***************# CHARACTER GENER1CUS.... | |
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the Atlantic states, is found in all parts of California. From the tip of the bill to the end of the tail it is about thirty inches long, and six feet from tip to tip of the outstretched 
