| 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... | |
| 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
...Gulls, and the lesser Mews, and class with the former kind those which measure eighteen or twenty inches from the point of the bill to the end of the tail ; and with the latter all those which are of less dimensions. The larger kinds are not so common in... | |
| 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
...and does not usually weigh more than twelve or fourteen ounces; its length is about sixteen inches from the point of the bill to the end of the tail, and from the extremity of each wing, when extended, near two feet. The bill is of a dark brown colour;... | |
| 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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