...redish brown. THE WREN. THIS bird, which weighs only three drachms, and is but four inches in length, from the point of the bill to the end of the tail, is admired for the loudness of its note, compared with the little body whence it issues ; and even...

...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...immutabilis? Unlike those of the other swans, the cygnets of this species are white, and no change takes place in the colour of the plumage after its...

...universally admired for the melody of its voice, it being one of the sweetest of oar warblers, is in length, from the point of the bill to the end of the tail, five inches and a half; the bill is a bluish gray, the eyes are hazel, the upper parts of the head,...

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...Long-legs, is said to he the longest legged bird in proportion to its bulk hitherto known ; length from the point of the bill to the end of the tail thirteen inches, from that to the end of the toes five inches more , bill two inches and a half long...

...generally from eighteen to twenty eggs at a time. 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...

...or BLACK-BACKED GULL. It generally weighs upwards of four pounds, and is twenty-five or twenty-six inches from the point of the bill to the end of the tail; and from the tip of each wing, when extended, five feet and several inches. The bill appears compressed...

...universally admired for the melody of its voice, it being one of the sweetest of our warblers, is in length, from the point of the bill to the end of the tail, five inches and a half; the bill is a bluish gray ; the eyes are hazel : the upper parts of the head,...

...dimensions, colours, and markings, of a very beau* tiful specimen, newly shot, were as follow : — Length, from the point of the bill to the end of the tail, fourteen inches, to the tips of the wings, sixteen ; extent, twenty-eight inches; bill, three inches...

...dimensions, colours, and markings, of a very beautiful specimen, newly shot, were as follow : — Length, from the point of the bill to the end of the tail, fourteen inches, to the tips of the wings, sixteen ; extent, twenty-eight inches; bill, three inches...