 | 1761 - 290 pages
...very numerous ; among thefe. there is a curious fpeciesof the Butterfly, which is near four inches from the tip of one wing to that of the other, and all Over beautifully. Itreaked with murrey and yellow, except the *4 Df. SH AW'S-TRA VE LS, &c. edges... | |
 | Antoine-Joseph Pernety - 1771 - 358 pages
...to the body. Its feet are not webbed, but furniflied with ftrong pointed claws. Some of them meafure nine feet from the tip of one wing to that of the other. By the extent of its wings when they are fpread, this bird eafily fupports . itfelf in the air, the... | |
 | William Coxe - 1789 - 632 pages
...from the tip of the beak to the extremity of the tail, fix feet fix inches French * meafure; and eight feet from the tip of one wing to that of the other expanded. It weighed, when firft taken, eleven pounds. This bird, though always called a vulture, yet... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 636 pages
...able to fly. The accounts ef authors in regard to its extent of wing are various, viz. from 9 to 1 8 feet from the tip of one wing to that of the other. One givts it ftrenilh fiifficient to carry off fheep, and boys of io years old ; while another ventures... | |
 | Philip Beaver - 1805 - 556 pages
...song. Great flocks of vultures are every where seen ; those which we shot generally measured seven feet from the tip of one wing to that of the other. They are very useful in speedily devouring those animals that die in the woods ; without which, the... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1807 - 388 pages
...able to fly. The accounts of authors in regard to its extent of wing are various, viz. from 9 to 18 feet from the tip of one wing to that of the other. One gives it ftrength. fufficit-nt to carry off fheep, and boys of 10 years old ; while another ventures)... | |
 | 1812 - 422 pages
...the Alps vrai lately shot in the South of France, which was three feet and a half high, and measured nine feet from the tip of one wing to that of the other. A DUEL took place lately between a Mr. E — and a Mr. G — , koth of London, in consequence of SPARRING.... | |
 | Wernerian Natural History Society, Edinburgh - 1814 - 398 pages
...size and weight according to its age. The full grown bird measures often four feet and nine inches from the tip of one wing to that of the other, and three feet from the point of the beak to the extremity of the tail. The weight too, varies from seven... | |
 | John Campbell - 1815 - 622 pages
...to the nearest point of firm ground. During this bustle we shot a wild peacock, which measured six feet from the tip of one wing to that of the other. At two, PM we crossed to the east side of the river, on which we entered a beautiful level plain, which... | |
 | William Bingley - 1820 - 368 pages
...blood. Not long afterwards he killed a vampyre bat, and found it to measure thirty-two inches and a half from the tip of one wing to that of the other; and some of these animals are said to measure more than three feet in extent. On the 16th of October, Colonel... | |
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Quito, are about fourteen feet from the tip of one wing to that of the other, and the smallest only eight. 
