| William Bingley - 1803 - 524 pages
...can persuade ourselves of its being the real beak or snout of a quadruped. The length of the animal, from the tip of the beak to the end of the tail, is thirteen inches, of which the former occupies an inch and a half. The body is depressed, and has... | |
| Thomas Smith - 1806 - 304 pages
...Hunter ; and only one or two others have as yet arrived in England. The length of this curious animal from the tip of the beak to the end of the tail is thirteen inches, of •which the beak occupies one inch and a half. The head is rather small, and... | |
| Thomas Thomson - 1813 - 502 pages
...in Great Britain, and very rare in Sweden. It is about the size of the falco palumbariw or goshawk. From the tip of the beak to the end of the tail is about 22 inches. The distance between the extremities of the wings when stretched is about 34. feet.... | |
| 1816 - 386 pages
...— La Poule tFEau, Buff.) THE weight of this bird varies from ten and a half to fifteen ounces : the length from the tip of the beak to the end of the tail is about fourteen inches, the breadth twenty-two. The bill is rather move than an inch long, of a greenish... | |
| 1825 - 492 pages
...of which onr engraving affords а striking representation, is in size about four or five inches long from the tip of the beak to the end of the tail; the colour of the beak black, inclining toward* the base to red; the crown of the head is spotted with... | |
| 1827 - 456 pages
...was seen near the place where this was killed, but it evaded pursuit. The specimen killed measured from the tip of the beak to the end of the tail, 2 feet 3 inches ; from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other, 5 feet 6$ inches. A notice of the... | |
| 1827 - 452 pages
...was seen near the place where this was killed, but it evaded pursuit. The specimen killed measured from the tip of the beak to the end of the tail, 2 feet 3 inches ; from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other, 5 feet 6| inches. A notice of the... | |
| John White - 1833 - 226 pages
...os'-trich is the largest of birds. It often meas'-ures more than fourteen feet in height, and as many in length, from the tip of the beak to the end of the tail. Its head is small, and, as well as the greater part of the neck, is flesh-coloured, and clothed only... | |
| William Hamilton Maxwell - 1833 - 618 pages
...vent feathers black ; those The weight of this bird varies from ten and a half to fifteen ounces ; the length from the tip of the beak to the end of the tail is about fourteen inches, the breadth twenty-two : the bill is rather more than an inch long, of a... | |
| William Pinnock - 1833 - 738 pages
...shall confine ourselves to the first of these birds. THE WILD SWAN. The WILD SWAN measures five feet in length, from the tip of the beak to the end of the tail ; and above sereu in breadth, from tip to tip of the wings ; and weighs from thirteen to sixteen pounds.... | |
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