...are shaped something like the heads of arrows or darts. The Spotted Redthank 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...

...shaped something like the heads of arrows or darls. The Spotted Redshank. — 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...

...of flanks black ; tarsi and toes covered with white plumes ; claws pale fleshy ; bill black. Length from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail 3| in., of wing 3f in., of tail If in., bill to front -fg in., to gape ^ in. ; height from chin to...

...operation of skinning, as they will add much to the value of the specimens : — "1. The length in inches from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail ; the distance between the two extremities of the outstretched wings ; and the length of the wing from...

...giant kingfisher, j '. gigantea, is the largest species of the whoie family, measuring eighteen inches from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail. Its plumage is oiive-brown, with pale blue-green, and it has a remarkably loud, grating, and prolonged...

...shaped something like the heads of arrows or darts. The Spotted Redshank. — 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...

...whom I have obtained the foregoing particulars. The bird is of full-grown size, measuring 18 inches from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, and from its plumage is probably a male of the year. Thompson, writing in 1850, gives only one well-authenticated...

...belief. Their size and proportions are the same ; the simple length of a dried skin, when measured from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, depends in a great measure in the contraction or distention of the neck in the process of preserving;...

...natural position after the operation of skinning has been finished. Now take an accurate measurement from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail ; also the girth of the body behind the wings. The bird is then ready for the operation. Placing it...

...rain." THE IMPERIAL EAGLE. This is the largest species of Eagle known, measuring three feet and a half from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail; and to it may be referred all the accounts of the ancients respecting the strength, courage, and magnanimity...