 | Linnean Society of London - 1798 - 368 Seiten
...it pecked at my hand, and hiffed exactly like the common tame Goofe. The largeft of the two meafured from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail two feet three inches; and from tip to tip of the wings when extended, four feet fix inches. Its weight... | |
 | George Montagu - 1802 - 716 Seiten
...Sufiex,-1 given in the Linmean Traxfa&ions, we- find the following defbription : .•:;••" ':•'*> Length, from the tip of the bill to. the. end of the tail, eight inches and an halfj breadth, from tip. to tip of the wings when extended,' fifteen inches and... | |
 | William Turton - 1807 - 250 Seiten
...crown¿ back, quills and tail black. Little Bittern. Вт. Zool. app. i. 8. Let-in t. 148. Donovan I. 54. Length from the tip of the bill to the end of the toe 30 inches. Bill 2 inches and a half long, greenish-yellow : belly and vent white : hind part of... | |
 | Giovanni Ignazio Molina - 1808 - 308 Seiten
...produces a most pleasing effect when contrasted with the pure white of the rest of its plumage. Its length, from the tip of the bill to the end of the claws, is five feet, but the body itself does not exceed a foot in length ; it has a small oblong head,... | |
 | William Bullock (F.L.S.) - 1809 - 100 Seiten
...thus defcribed by Mr. Latham : " This " moft extraordinary and beautiful bird is near four feet in length " from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail : the body is the fize " only of a middling pigeon, though much elongated in (hape. The " bill is three1... | |
 | 1809 - 1020 Seiten
...shot near Port Seton Barracks. \Vhcn the wings were extended, it measured, in breadth, 6{ feet, and, m length, from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, it was 2¿ feet. It weighed nearly nine ounces than the largest described by [For this and the preceding... | |
 | 1810 - 312 Seiten
...esteem. THE GREEN PLOVER (Plate 72.) Is rather larger than a Lapwing, and weighs about nine ounces. Its length, from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, is eleven inches, and its breadth, when the wings are extended, is twenty -four inches. The plumage... | |
 | Select stories - 1810 - 102 Seiten
...its forehead; its belly is whitish, and the legs and feet of a dusky black. 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. louder, and their inflections... | |
 | William Bullock - 1813 - 250 Seiten
...is thus described by Mr. Latham:—" This most extraordinary and beautiful bird is near four feet in length from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail; the body is the size only of a middling pigeon, though much elongated in shape. The bill is three inches... | |
 | Charles Smith - 1815 - 446 Seiten
...This is, with us, a very rare bird. It weighs ten ounces, two drachms ; it is twelve in~ches long, from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, and eighteen inches when the wings are extended ; the bill is 2£ inches long, black, sharp, and curved... | |
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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. 
