 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1873 - 584 pages
...than in the male, but this may be an individual peculiarity. The whole length of the male Drepanornis, from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, is about 14 in., that of the wing, from the carpal joint, 6 in., of the tail, from the base, 5 \ in.,... | |
 | John Shertzer Hittell - 1874 - 490 pages
...same with the bird known by that name in the Atlantic States, is found in all parts of California. From the tip of the bill to the end of the tail it is about thirty inches long, and six feet from tip to tip of the outstretched wings. The head and... | |
 | Frank Schley - 1877 - 262 pages
...Mmluilvs. — fiaird. Brewer and Ridgway, Vol. III., page 44(i. 447. DESCRIPTION. — The Pheasant, from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail feathers. sixteen to nineteen inches long. 1'Yom tip to tip of the outstretched wings, twenty-four... | |
 | Yorkshire Naturalists' Union - 1878 - 450 pages
...who has kindly given me this information, and further states that the bird measured thirtynine inches from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, and 7 feet 6 inches in expanse of wing. This bird passed into the collection of Captain Crowe of Speeton.... | |
 | 1880 - 844 pages
...bird exhibits ^r. at uniformity both of size and plumage ; being not quite twelve inches in length from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail ; the prevailing color bluish-gray, in some parts with green and purple reflections, two broad and... | |
 | National cyclopaedia - 1879 - 624 pages
...the irides are chestnut-black, and the points of the quills, tail, &<x, are brownish-black. Length from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, three feet six inches. Locality. — East Indies. Genus Balearica, Gray. Allied to Anthrvpoidts, but... | |
 | 1880 - 950 pages
...bronchi, the trachea is fifty-eight inches in length, and this in a bird that is little over four feet long from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail. The average of three specimens shows the entire length of the trachea in canadensis to be about twenty-seven... | |
 | Winfrid Alden Stearns - 1881 - 340 pages
...taken after the object is prepared for the cabinet. The " length " is the distance in a straight line from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail. The "expanse of wing" is the distance between the ends of the longest primaries when the wings are... | |
 | George Montagu - 1881 - 504 pages
...of Sussex, given iin the ' Linna-aa Transactions,' we find the following description : — Length, from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, eight inches and a half; breadth, from tip to tip of the wings when extended, fifteen inches and a... | |
 | John Croumbie Brown - 1884 - 312 pages
...whistling swan. The Gyqnus musicus, or whistling swan, is famous for its migrations. It measures five feet from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, and eight feet from tip to tip of its extended wings ; the plumage is snow-white, with a slight tinge of... | |
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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. 
