 | Daniel Tyerman - 1841 - Страниц: 342
...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... | |
 | William Jardine - 1842 - Страниц: 452
...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... | |
 | 1848 - Страниц: 800
...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,... | |
 | Zadock Thompson - 1842 - Страниц: 662
...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... | |
 | John James Audubon - 1844 - Страниц: 602
...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... | |
 | Jacob Post Giraud - 1844 - Страниц: 430
...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... | |
 | 1847 - Страниц: 420
...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.... | |
 | William John Broderip - 1847 - Страниц: 434
...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 tail ; and says, that the food and habits closely resemble those of the mute swan, Cygnus olor, whose organ of... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1847 - Страниц: 152
...Europe. He is a bird of great strength, and very bold and fierce. The female is nearly four feet long from the point of the bill to the end of the tail ; the extent of the wings, when expanded, is about six feet. The male is somewhat smaller, for among... | |
 | Wonders - 1848 - Страниц: 496
...the air. The White Pelican (P. onocrotalus) is much larger than a swan, measuring five or six feet from the point of the bill to the end of the tail, and ten to twelve feet from tip to tip of the wings. The feet are large and completely webbed. Persons... | |
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The great blue heron (Ardea herodias) is about four feet in length from the point of the bill to the end of the tail, and nearly six feet across the wings. 
