...cousiderably in size from the common wild one, or Hooper, being about one-third less, and measuring from the point of the bill to the end of the tail three feet nine inches ; the Hooper measuring from the same points five feet. From the point of the...

...Mr. King differs from the one referred to above, solely in being about a quarter of an inch longer from the point of the bill to the end of the tail ; but the proportions of the other parts are the same. THE ARCTIC BLUE-BIRD. (Sialia arctica.) FBA...

...it is finally ejected at once, and cast to a considerable distance. The length of a male Snowy Owl, from the point of the bill to the end of the tail, is 23 inches. Length from the point of the bill to the end of the rump, 14 » Tongue, ^ (Esophagus,...

...considerably from those of this speciсti thnt we h:ul seen and have mentioned before. It measured, from the point of the bill to the end of the tail, two feet eight inches. The bill was four inches in length, serrated half way, straight, but a little...

...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,...

...and Audubon, the species of America closely resemble those of the Common Bittern. Length of the skin, from the point of the bill to the end of the tail, rather more than two feet ; bill to the rictus four inches, being longer proportionally, more slender...

...toothed; tarsus roundish, two thirds feathered; feet strong, iocs rasp-like on the underside. Length from the point of the bill to the end of the tail 3 feet 7 inches, folded wing 20 inches; tail beyond the folded wings 6.5 indies ; from the lip of the...

...MEADOW-LARK, Sturnella neglecta, Aud. 10, 16. Upper Missouri. Abundant. Adult Male. The male measures 10 inches from the point of the bill to the end of the tail, to end of claws 11^; alar extent 16; wing from flexure 4j; tail 3. Third quill longest. Bill along...

...to the end two inches and three sixteenths ; length of tarsi two inches and seven-eighths ; length from the point of the bill to the end of the tail about forty inches, wing eighteen ; the head and greater portion of the neck black ; cheeks and throat...

...resembles the female of the bimaculated duck, except in size. This specimen measured, when fresh, 17j inches from the point of the bill to the end of the tail, and in stretch of wings 27 inches. The irides reddish-brown. The stomach was half-filled with fine sand....