...nidification.— The COMJION H. (A. cinérea) is about three feet in length Common Heron (Árdea cinérea}. from the point of the bill to the end of the taiL It is of a delicate gray colour on the upper ports, except the quill-feathers, which are black, and...

...old cotton from the throat, mouth, and nostrils, and replace it by fresh. Then take the dimensions from the point of the bill to the end of the tail, from the tip of one wing to that of the other, when both are extended, and from the tip of the wing...

...nidification. — The COMMON H. (A. cinerea) is about three feet in length Common Heron (Ardea cinerea). from the point of the bill to the end of the taiL It is of a delicate gray colour ou the upper parts, except the quill-feathers, which are black, and...

...nidification. — Tho COMMON H. (A . cinérea) is about three feet in length Common Heron (Árdea cinérea). from the point of the bill to the end of the tail. It is of a delicate gray colour on the upper parts, except the quill-feathers, which are black, and...

...may be understood. They come in the same sequence in each instance, as follows : (1) Total length, from the point of the bill to the end of the tail ; (2), widest expanse of the wings, from tip to tip ; (3), length of the wing from the carpal joint...

...lesser mews. The kittiwake is among the latter number ; for* a gull must measure eighteen or twenty inches from the point of the bill to the end of the tail to be reckoned among the former, and the kittiwake is about fifteen inches in length. This bird has...

...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...

...exactly with the measurements of some described species, to the eighth of an inch. The total length means from the point of the bill to the end of the tail. Wing, from the shoulder to end of the longest primary. Tail, from the termination of the caudal vertebrae...

...making notes upon its size, color, and other peculiarities. The owl measured exactly two feet in length from the point of the bill to the end of the tail ; and its " alar spread," as naturalist? term it, was full five feet in extent. Il waa of a clove-brown color,...

...little saffron or liquorice in the water. THВ WBEN Is the smallest bird found in Britain ; its length, from the point of the bill to the end of the tail, being only four inches and a half. It has a fine, sweet ' note, which lasts several months in the year,...