...all the members of the canary family, and a good specimen should measure fully eight inches in length from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, and some birds may be found to exceed these dimensions. I have one in my possession now which is considerably...

...sxii'K, OR BARKKR. FIRST PLrMA(iK. (Tvtantis Fi i sct is, Leisler.—Chivalicr arlcquin, Temm. LENGTH, from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, twelve inches, and to the end of the toes fourteen inches and a half; breadth twenty-one inches and...

...the same size as the common crow (Corvtts frugivorus'), measuring an an average about twenty inches from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail. It is so called because of the long white bill, the nostrils of which are concealed by large nasal...

...it must have astonished the first white man who ever handled one ! The body measured eighteen inches from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, as he ascertained from the inch notches which he had filed along the back of his beltknife, and was...

...long, thin, and curved, and measures three and a quarter inches in length. As the bird is but fourteen inches long from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, the bill is more than one-third of the length of the body and tail. In this respect, with its close,...

...long, thin, and curved, and measures three and a quarter inches in length. As the bird is but fourteen inches long from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, the bill is more than one-third of the length of the body and tail. In this respect, with its close,...

...indigo-blue ; legs and bill bluish-grey, the latter black towards the tip and underneath ; eyes red. Length from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, 13'5in. ; bill, l-25in. ; wing, 6in. ; primaries, 4-3in. ; tail, 4-5in. ; tarsus, lin. ; middle toe,...

...rock-pigeon exhibits great uniformity both of size and plumage ; it is not quite 12 inches in length from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail ; the prevailing colour is bluish gray, in some parts with green and purple reflections, and having...

...times every three or four years, and chiefly in midwinter. An adult male will measure nearly four feet from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, and its wings have an expanse of 1 It may be open to doubt whether tarda is here an adjective. Several...

...all the members of the canary family, and a good specimen should measure fully eight inches in length from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, and some birds may be found to exceed these dimensions. I have one in my possession now which is considerably...