 | William Bingley - 1803 - Страниц: 524
...can persuade ourselves of its being the real beak or snout of a quadruped. The length of the animal, from the tip of the beak to the end of the tail, is thirteen inches, of which the former occupies an inch and a half. The body is depressed, and has some... | |
 | Thomas Smith - 1806 - Страниц: 304
...Hunter ; and only one or two others have as yet arrived in England. The length of this curious animal from the tip of the beak to the end of the tail is thirteen inches, of •which the beak occupies one inch and a half. The head is rather small, and the... | |
 | Thomas Thomson - 1813 - Страниц: 502
...in Great Britain, and very rare in Sweden. It is about the size of the falco palumbariw or goshawk. From the tip of the beak to the end of the tail is about 22 inches. The distance between the extremities of the wings when stretched is about 34. feet. The... | |
 | 1816 - Страниц: 386
...Wingate, of the Westgate, Newcastle. THE RED-LEGGED SANDPIPER. Tringa Erythropus. THIS bird measures from the tip of the beak to the end of the tail, ten inches. The bill is an inch and three-eighths long, black at the tip, and reddish towards the base... | |
 | 1825 - Страниц: 492
...of which onr engraving affords а striking representation, is in size about four or five inches long from the tip of the beak to the end of the tail; the colour of the beak black, inclining toward* the base to red; the crown of the head is spotted with... | |
 | 1827 - Страниц: 456
...was seen near the place where this was killed, but it evaded pursuit. The specimen killed measured from the tip of the beak to the end of the tail, 2 feet 3 inches ; from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other, 5 feet 6$ inches. A notice of the... | |
 | 1827 - Страниц: 452
...was seen near the place where this was killed, but it evaded pursuit. The specimen killed measured from the tip of the beak to the end of the tail, 2 feet 3 inches ; from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other, 5 feet 6| inches. A notice of the... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - 1833 - Страниц: 618
...inelining to brown ; the under parts are of a dark hoary lead colour ; vent feathers black ; those The weight of this bird varies from ten and a half...greenish yellow at the tip, and reddish towards the bane, whence a singular kind of horny or membranous substance shields the forehead as far as the eyes... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - 1833 - Страниц: 640
...water. WATER HEN, COMMON GALLINULE, or MOORHEN, (Fúlica Moropust LINN. ; La Poule <FEau, BUFF.) s. The weight of this bird varies from ten and a half to fifteen ounces ; the length from the tip 570 571 is rather more than an inch long, of a greenish yellow at the tip, and reddish towards the... | |
 | John White - 1833 - Страниц: 226
...os'-trich is the largest of birds. It often meas'-ures more than fourteen feet in height, and as many in length, from the tip of the beak to the end of the tail. Its head is small, and, as well as the greater part of the neck, is flesh-coloured, and clothed only... | |
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... inches from the tip of the beak to the end of the tail when spread as far as possible flat. 
