...1792 1 fhot one of thefe birds, amoogft ten or a dozen more, on the fea-fhore at Bexhill. Its length from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail was feven inches; the breadth from tip to tip of the wings when extended, fourteen inches; and the...

...given in the Linmean Traxfa&ions, we- find the following defbription : .•:;••" ':•'*> Length, from the tip of the bill to. the. end of the tail, eight inches and an halfj breadth, from tip. to tip of the wings when extended,' fifteen inches and...

...Port Seton Barracks. \Vhcn the wings were extended, it measured, in breadth, 6{ feet, and, m length, from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, it was 2¿ feet. It weighed nearly nine ounces than the largest described by [For this and the preceding...

...defcribed by Mr. Latham : " This " moft extraordinary and beautiful bird is near four feet in length " from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail : the body is the fize " only of a middling pigeon, though much elongated in (hape. The " bill is three1...

...forehead; its belly is whitish, and the legs and feet of a dusky black. It is near six inches in length from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, the former being about half an inch, and the latter two inches and a half. louder, and their inflections...

...described by Mr. Latham:—" This most extraordinary and beautiful bird is near four feet in length from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail; the body is the size only of a middling pigeon, though much elongated in shape. The bill is three inches...

...ICO. The Whoop or Whoopoe. This is, with us, a very rare bird. It weighs ten ounces, two drachms ; it is twelve in~ches long, from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, and eighteen inches when the wings are extended ; the bill is 2£ inches long, black, sharp, and curved...

...SPOTTED SNIPE, OR BARKEK. (Scolopax Totanus, Lin.— Le Chevalier rouge, Buff.) THE length of this bird, from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, is twelve inches, and to the end of the toes fourteen inches and a half > its breadth twenty-one inches...

...real fabricator of it. The Cuckow is about the size of a Magpie ; his length being about twelve inches from the tip of the 'bill -to the end of the tail. He is remarkable for his round prominent nostrils ; the lower part of the body is of a yellowish colour,...

...and it is more than probable that they inhabit the whole continent of America. The Raven measures, from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, twenty-six inches, and is four feet in extent; the bill is large and strong, of a shining black, notched...