 | 1848 - 800 Seiten
...universally admired for the melody of its voice, it being one of the sweetest of our warblers, is in length, from the point of the bill to the end of the tail, five inches and a half; the bill is a bluish gray, the eyes are hazel, the upper parts of the head,... | |
 | William Jardine - 1842 - 452 Seiten
...and Audubon, the species of America closely resemble those of the Common Bittern. Length of the skin, from the point of the bill to the end of the tail, rather more than two feet ; bill to the rictus four inches, being longer proportionally, more slender... | |
 | Zadock Thompson - 1842 - 662 Seiten
...toothed; tarsus roundish, two thirds feathered; feet strong, iocs rasp-like on the underside. Length from the point of the bill to the end of the tail 3 feet 7 inches, folded wing 20 inches; tail beyond the folded wings 6.5 indies ; from the lip of the... | |
 | John James Audubon - 1844 - 602 Seiten
...Sturnella neglecta, Aud. 10, 16. Upper Missouri. Abundant. Adult Male. The male measures 10 inches from the point of the bill to the end of the tail, to end of claws 11^; alar extent 16; wing from flexure 4j; tail 3. Third quill longest. Bill along... | |
 | Jacob Post Giraud - 1844 - 430 Seiten
...to the end two inches and three sixteenths ; length of tarsi two inches and seven-eighths ; length from the point of the bill to the end of the tail about forty inches, wing eighteen ; the head and greater portion of the neck black ; cheeks and throat... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1847 - 152 Seiten
...of Asia and Europe. He is a bird of great strength, and very bold and fierce. The female is nearly four feet long from the point of the bill to the end of the tail ; the extent of the wings, when expanded, is about six feet. The male is somewhat smaller, for among... | |
 | William John Broderip - 1847 - 434 Seiten
...slate-gray. The same zoologist states the measurement of the Polish swan to be fifty- seven inches from the point of the bill to the end of the tail ; and says, that the food and habits closely resemble those of the mute swan, Cygnus olor, whose organ of... | |
 | 1847 - 420 Seiten
...the female of the bimaculated duck, except in size. This specimen measured, when fresh, 17j inches from the point of the bill to the end of the tail, and in stretch of wings 27 inches. The irides reddish-brown. The stomach was half-filled with fine sand.... | |
 | Wonders - 1848 - 496 Seiten
...the air. The White Pelican (P. onocrotalus) is much larger than a swan, measuring five or six feet from the point of the bill to the end of the tail, and ten to twelve feet from tip to tip of the wings. The feet are large and completely webbed. Persons... | |
 | Mrs. Loudon (Jane) - 1850 - 630 Seiten
...-3*N»~-^ CT^-^~ THE HOOPOE. (Upupa epops.) THIS is a small bird, measuring no more than twelve inches from the point of the bill to the end of the tail. The bill is sharp, black, and somewhat bending. The head is adorned with a very beautiful, large, moveable... | |
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The great blue heron (Ardea herodias) is about four feet in length from the point of the bill to the end of the tail, and nearly six feet across the wings. 
