 | Constable and co, ltd - 1832 - 960 pages
...blue green on the rest of the wings. The Papitio Priamut measures upwards of seven inches and a half from the tip of one wing to that of the other, and stands foremost amongst the Linnœan division of the large butterflies, which are divided into the... | |
 | 1830 - 440 pages
...sea. The largest individuals that are met with in the chain of the Andes of Quito, are about fourteen feet from the tip of one wing to that of the other, and the smallest only eight. From these dimensions, and from the visual angle under which this bird sometimes... | |
 | 1830 - 466 pages
...sea. The largest individuals that are met with in the chain of the Andes of Quito, are about fourteen feet from the tip of one wing to that of the other, and the smallest only eight. From these dimensions, and from the visual angle under which this bird sometimes... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - 1830 - 648 pages
...its tribe, very little inferior in size to a common cock, being 26 inches in length, and more than 3 feet from the tip of one wing to that of the other. The plumage is of a very glossy black, with some reflections of bluish purple on the back. The female... | |
 | James Bell - 1832 - 750 pages
...8ea. The largest individuals that are met with in the chain of the Andes of Quito, are about fourteen feet from the tip of one wing to that of the other, and the smallest only eight. From these dimensions, and from the visual angle under which this bird sometimes... | |
 | William Pinnock - 1833 - 738 pages
...all the flying birds, the CONDOR of South America is by far the largest, being from nine to eighteen feet from the tip of one wing to that of the other. Indeed, for size and strength, combined with rapidity of flight, no bird can be placed in competition... | |
 | Thomas Brown - 1834 - 330 pages
...large club-shaped tips ; the body is black and downy. This insect measures three inches and six-eighths from the tip of one wing to that of the other, and ia an inhabitant of several parts of Asia. VOL. III. THE ABJUNA BUTTERFLY. Papilio Arjuna. PLATE XV.... | |
 | John Campbell - 1834 - 246 pages
...reach the nearest point of firm ground. During this bustle we shot a wild peacock, which measured six feet from the tip of one wing to that of the other. At two we again crossed the river, to the east side, on which we entered a beautiful level plain, which... | |
 | Sarah Tuttle - 1834 - 114 pages
...back of the neck stand erect, somewhat resembling a ruff. The one caught by Mr. Salt measured eight feet from the tip of one wing to that of the other. When the Abyssinians set out on a journey and meet a species of eagle, which they call Guodic Goodie,... | |
 | Sir Daniel Keyte Sandford - 1841 - 510 pages
...very little inferior in size to a common cock, being twentysix inches in length, and more than three feet from the tip of one wing to that of the other. The pliunage is of a very glossy black, with some reflection kick. T bluish purple on the ly black... | |
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Quito, are about fourteen feet from the tip of one wing to that of the other, and the smallest only eight. 
