 | English literature - 1781 - 754 pages
...аз big as the •*- Blackbird, and in lhape very much like it. It is in length, when full grown, from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, nine inches, of which the bill is one and a quarter, and the tail three inches long ; and, when in... | |
 | Eleazar Albin - Birds - 1759 - 160 pages
...five the other, being of an oblong Figure : It weighed thirteen Ounces : The Bird itfelf is in Length, from the Tip of the Bill to the End of the Tail, eleven, of which the Bill is one Inch, and the Tail four Inches long. Of the Young, how to order them,... | |
 | Thomas Boreman - Whales - 1769 - 110 pages
...with a Circle of brown, or dark red. 1 8. THE CUCKOW is about the Bignefs of a Magpie ; its Length, from the Tip of the Bill to the End of the Tail, being above 12 Inches; the upper Chap of the Bill fomewhat hooked, and longer than the lower, for the... | |
 | English literature - 1804 - 844 pages
...MACCAW. THE green maccaw is much smaller than the two former species, and also much rarer. Its length, from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, is about sixteen inches. The body, both above and below, is green, which appears like shining gold,... | |
 | Samuel Ward - 1775 - 414 pages
...claws duiky. THB LITTLE GREEN AND ORANG EC OLOURED KING-FISHER. THE length of this bird is about five inches from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, which is longer in proportion than the common kingfifher. The bill is of a dufky colour, except that... | |
 | Samuel Ward - 1775 - 402 pages
...the former in colour and fhape, but is considerably Imaller, and hardly weighs an ounce. Its length from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, is only fix inches, and its breadth, when the wings are extended, is eleven inches. The forehead is... | |
 | Benjamin Martin - Science - 1782 - 456 pages
...tad Omen, and are always found in defolate, lonefome, jnoonfh Grounds. — The Bittern is in Length from the Tip of the Bill to the End of the Tail, about thirty Inches — the Legs are long and bare of Feathers above the Knee.— It's Colour is a... | |
 | English essays - 1764 - 804 pages
...Turkey-cock in England. 4. The l'n A T-rr • E« of Carolina, is about fix inches aud a half in length, from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail. The bill .1 ihort, a litle arched on the top of the upper mandible, and of ablackilh colour ; and round... | |
 | George Shaw - 1790 - 302 pages
...considers as a new species of the genus Buceros. It is a native of India, and measures about twenty inches from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail. Its manners and particular history are at present unknown. 12 SPARUS VERRES. CHARACTER GENER1CUS. Dentes... | |
 | George Shaw - 1790 - 308 pages
...life by Monf. Poivre, and have caufed it to be engraved. It is about thefize of a turkey, and meafures from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail two feet one N 2 inch inch and fix lines, and to the ends of the toes twd feet one inch. The bill meafures... | |
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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. 
