| William Hone - 1832 - Страниц: 852
...with them as canary. The length of a full-grown goldfinch, from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, is five inches and a half; of which the latter...and the former a little more than half an inch long. A healthy bird weighs about an ounce. If a bird be out of order, or droop, give saffron in the water.... | |
| 1857 - Страниц: 614
...whether on the ground or in the thicket. The specimen I have now before me, measures twenty-three inches from the tip of his bill to the end of his tail. The tail is eleven and a quarter inches, the bill two and a half inches. Much more might be said concerning... | |
| James Mason Hutchings - 1886 - Страниц: 580
...a pale bluish color tinged with red. The specimen I have now before me measures twenty-three inches from the tip of his bill to the end of his tail. The tail is eleven and a quarter inches, the bill two and a half inches. I have frequently met with... | |
| James Mason Hutchings - 1888 - Страниц: 578
...a pale bluish color tinged with red. The specimen I have now before me measures twenty-three inches from the tip of his bill to the end of his tail. The tail is eleven and a quarter inches, the bill two and a half inches. I have frequently met with... | |
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