 | Meriwether Lewis, William Clark - 1905 - 428 pages
...near the \meat of the] whale we Saw \JV. ^5'.'] measured from the tips of the wings across 9^ feet, from the point of the Bill to the end of the tail 3 feet 10-^ inches, middle toe 5-^ inches, toe nale 1 inch & 3~}4 lines, wing feather 2-J/£ feet long... | |
 | Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby - 1906 - 926 pages
...dozen occur in the United States. 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. It is of a delicate srray color on the upper parts, except the... | |
 | Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby - 1909 - 956 pages
...dozen occur in the United States. 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. It is of a delicate gray color on the upper parts, except the... | |
 | Bishop Samuel Fallows - 1910 - 746 pages
...The species in Europe is little if at all inferior in size to the Condor of South America, measuring from the point of the bill to the end of the tail four feet two or three inches, and sometimes ten feet in the expanse of wing; the head and neck are... | |
 | John Brickell - 1737 - 530 pages
...Children for the same Disorders. The Pelican in Carolina is a large Water-Fowl, being five Feet in length, from the point of the Bill to the end of the Tail, and almost equal in bigness to a Swan. It has a long thick Neck and Beak, and a great natural Wen or... | |
 | Charles Leonard-Stuart, George Jotham Hagar - 1912 - 688 pages
...is short, rounded, and composed of 10 or 12 feathers. The common heron is about three feet in length from the point of the bill to the end of the tail, builds its nest in high trees, many being sometimes on one tree. Its food consists of fish, frogs,... | |
 | Charles Morris - 1921 - 604 pages
...rounded, and composed of ten or twelve feathers The common heron (Ardca cineria) u about 3 feet in length from the point of the bill to the end of the tail, builds Itiicst in high trees, many being sometime* on one tree. Its food consists of fish, frogs, molluscs,... | |
 | Charles Morris - 1923 - 504 pages
...and composed of ten or twelve feathers The common heron (Árdea cinérea) is about 3 feet in length from the point of the bill to the end of the tail, builds Its nest in high trees, many being sometimes on one tree. Its food consists of fish, frogs.... | |
 | Gary E. Moulton, Thomas W. Dunlay - 1990 - 774 pages
...near the meat of the whale we Saw: W. 25 Ib. measured from the tips of the wings across 9'/2 feet, from the point of the Bill to the end of the tail 3 feet 10 '/4 inches, middle toe 5^2 inches, toe nale 1 inch & 3 '/2 lines, wing feather 2 '/2 feet... | |
 | Gunther Barth - 1990 - 257 pages
...on the beach. It "measured from the tips of the wings across 91/2 feet," Clark reported carefully, "from the point of the Bill to the end of the tail 3 feet 10- 1/4 inches, middle toe 5- 1/2 inches, toe nail i inch & 3- 1/2 lines, wing feather 2- 1/2... | |
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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. 
