...feet and claws black ; the bare skiu about the head is redder in the male than in the female. in. lin. Length from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, about 14 0 of bill from gape 1 1 of bill from front 0 10 of wings 8 6 of tail, not quite 3 0 of tarsus...

...cygnus musicus, or whistling swan, is fhe largest migratory bird of Europe or America. It is 5 feet long from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, and 8 feet from tip to tip of the wings : its plumage is pure white, tinged orange or yellow on the...

...close coat of hairy feathers. The claws are strong, sharp, and very much curved. The length of the bird from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail is 21 inches 6 lines; and the length of the longest quill feather is 1 2 inches six lines. — MIKROU,...

...birds and their progeny can hardly be regarded as true natives. This bird measures about three feet in length from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail ; the male is delicately mottled with gray and brownish-black, with the front of the neck and breast black,...

...are shaped something like the heads of arrows or darts. The Spotted Redthank The length of this bird, from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, is twelve inches, and to the end of the toes fourteen inches and a half; its breadth twenty-one inches...

...shaped something like the heads of arrows or darls. The Spotted Redshank. — The length of this bird, from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, is twelve inches, and to the end of the toes fourteen inches and a half; its breadth twenty-one inches...

...fore part of flanks black ; tarsi and toes covered with white plumes ; claws pale fleshy ; bill black. Length from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail 3| in., of wing 3f in., of tail If in., bill to front -fg in., to gape ^ in. ; height from chin to...

...operation of skinning, as they will add much to the value of the specimens : — "1. The length in inches from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail ; the distance between the two extremities of the outstretched wings ; and the length of the wing from the...

...giant kingfisher, j '. gigantea, is the largest species of the whoie family, measuring eighteen inches from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail. Its plumage is oiive-brown, with pale blue-green, and it has a remarkably loud, grating, and prolonged...

...plumage being black, or very nearly so, and the bill red, with white marks near the point. It measured from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, 3 feel 10 inches. I could not measure the expansion of the wings, as the bird was prepared for being...