 | 1764 - 804 ページ
...great Turkey-cock in England. 4.The CHATTURIR 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 is (hört, a litle arched on the top of the upper mandible, and of ablackifh colour ; and... | |
 | Eleazar Albin - 1759 - 160 ページ
...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,... | |
 | Benjamin Martin - 1782 - 456 ページ
...bad Omen, and are always found in defolate, loneibme, ffioorifli Grounds.—The Bittern is in Length from the Tip of the Bill to the End of the Tail, about thirty In-ches—the Legs are long and bare of Feathers above the Knee.—It's Colour is a mixture... | |
 | Linnean Society of London - 1791 - 330 ページ
...He alfo fays, " Habitat in fylvis uliginofis." This bird is rather more than nine inches in length from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, and near a foot and a half from tip to tip of the wings when extended. Its bill is fmooth, black, an... | |
 | Richard Turner - 1792 - 296 ページ
...CKO W. j^. What kind of a bird is the cuckow ? A. It is about the bignefs of a magpie; its length, from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, being above twelve inches. The throat, breaft, and belly are white. The feathers of the head are of... | |
 | Richard Turner - 1795 - 302 ページ
...CUCKOW. <j>. What kind of a bird is the cuclcow ? A. It is about the bignefs of a magpie 5 its length, from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, being above twelve inches. The throat, breaft, and belly are white. The feathers of the head are of... | |
 | Linnean Society of London - 1798 - 370 ページ
...it pecked at my hand, and biffed exa&ly 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... | |
 | 1810 - 312 ページ
...black. The flesh is accounted a great delicacy. THE GREY PLOVER (Plate T2.J Is twelve inches long, from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, and the breadth, when the wings are extended, is twenty-four inches. The head, back, and lesser covert... | |
 | Richard Turner - 1811 - 302 ページ
...CUCKOW. £J. What kind of bird is the cuckow ? y/. It is about the bignefs of a magpie ; its length, from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, being about twelve inches. The throat, breaft, and belly are white. The feathers of the head are of... | |
 | George Shaw - 1790 - 290 ページ
...taken from the life in China by Monf. Poivre. It is about the fize of a black ablackbird: itslength, from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, is about thirteen inches; and to the end of the claws about feven inches and nine lines. The bill, from... | |
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—The length of this bird, from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail is twelve inches, and to the end of the toes, fourteen inches 
