| Linnean Society of London - 1798 - 368 pages
...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... | |
| George Montagu - 1802 - 716 pages
...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... | |
| 1809 - 1020 pages
...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... | |
| William Bullock (F.L.S.) - 1809 - 100 pages
...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... | |
| Select stories - 1810 - 102 pages
...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... | |
| William Bullock - 1813 - 250 pages
...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... | |
| Charles Smith - 1815 - 446 pages
...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... | |
| 1816 - 386 pages
...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... | |
| Thomas Boreman - 1818 - 420 pages
...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,... | |
| Alexander Wilson, George Ord - 1828 - 442 pages
...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... | |
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