...animals in its talons. It was probably the conder eagle, which has been found to measure from 13 to 15 feet from the tip of one wing to that of the other. " A throne of massy gold, enrichedwith emeralds." — P. 90. The accounts given in these Tales of eastern...

...birds, small quadrupeds and reptiles. They are the largest of all bats, some of them measuring five feet from the tip of one wing to that of the other, and come from the East Indies, where the natives catch them by means of a net fastened to a pole, and eat...

...unrippled sea. The sportsmen returned with forty head of game : in this number was an albatross, measuring nine feet from the tip of one wing to that of the other ; a Cape hen, a sea-swallow, with several pintado and other birds. When the boat returned, it brought...

...their Mraes down at his palace door. One was an albatross, white and stately, measuring at least ten feet from the tip of one wing to that of the other. The second bird was black as night, and was a kuril, or speeies of peterel. The albatross was called...

...to have had a breadth of chest from one humeral joint to the other of 1 foot, it would measure 1 5 feet from the tip of one wing to that of the other, an expanse of pinions rarely equalled, and still more rarely exceeded by the largest Albatross.J The...

...strength of the condor, the king of Peruvian birds. A full grown condor measures from twelve to thirteen feet, from the tip of one wing to that of the other, and about five feet from the point of its beak to the extremity of its tail. It feeds chiefly on carrion....

...sun, and to deluge 484 APPENDIX. The most curious species of the butterfly tribe is near four inches from the tip of one wing to that of the other, and very beautifully streaked all over with rather dark red and yellow, the edges of the lower wings excepted,...

...belong. One of the finest native kinds is the Great Bat or Noctule ; he is more than a foot in breadth, from the tip of one wing to that of the other, and must be a favourite with all naturalists as being associated with the name of Gilbert White of Selborne,...

...Gull, Burgomaster. — A Gull equally large with the last, one of which, shot by myself, exceeded six feet from the tip of one wing to that of the other; but one of merely casual occurrence as a British bird. 313. COMMON SKUA— (Lestrii catarractes). Skua...

...Beaverhair makes fine hats. 3. Birds and Insects. TJie Condor. This is a vulture, that measures 16 feet from the tip of one wing to that of the other. The head is, like that of other vultures, destitute of feathers. Its plumage is black, with a shining...