| 1781 - Страниц: 754
...аз big as the •*- Blackbird, and in lhape very much like it. It is in length, when full grown, from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, nine inches, of which the bill is one and a quarter, and the tail three inches long ; and, when in... | |
| Eleazar Albin - 1759 - Страниц: 160
...and 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,... | |
| Thomas Boreman - 1769 - Страниц: 110
...Common, the Wbite-creJleJ, and the Parrot called the Macao. 24. THE RAVEN is a very large Fowl, being in Length, from the Tip of the Bill to the End of the Tail, about two Feet. The Bill is long, thick, fharp, and ver.y black ; the upper Chap fbrr.ewhat hooked,... | |
| 1804 - Страниц: 844
...the under somewhat darker. The bird is about the size of a magpie ; being about ieventeen inches 5 in length, from the tip of the bill to " the end of the large feathers of the tail. The bill, though in size it is proportionate to the- body, resembles that... | |
| Samuel Ward - 1775 - Страниц: 402
...refembles the former in colour and fhape, but is considerably Imaller, and hardly weighs an ounce. Its length from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, is only fix inches, and its breadth, when the wings are extended, is eleven inches. The forehead is... | |
| Samuel Ward - 1775 - Страниц: 414
...THE yellow-hammer is about the fize of a chaffinch, or rather larger. It is fix inches and an half in length,, from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, and weighs- about ten drams. The bill is of a dufley kue, and the crown of the head ©fa pale yellow... | |
| Benjamin Martin - 1782 - Страниц: 456
...Birds of tad Omen, and are always found in defolate, lonefome, jnoonfh Grounds. — The Bittern is in Length from the Tip of the Bill to the End of the Tail, about thirty Inches — the Legs are long and bare of Feathers above the Knee.— It's Colour is a... | |
| 1764 - Страниц: 804
...great Turkey-cock in England. 4. The l'n A T-rr • E« 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 .1 ihort, a litle arched on the top of the upper mandible, and of ablackilh colour ; and round... | |
| George Shaw - 1790 - Страниц: 308
...life by Monf. Poivre, and have caufed it to be engraved. It is about thefize of a turkey, and meafures from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail two feet one N 2 inch inch and fix lines, and to the ends of the toes twd feet one inch. The bill meafures... | |
| Linnean Society of London - 1798 - Страниц: 368
...of thefe birds, were leen on the fea-coaft near Bexhill : two of them were (hot 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... | |
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