 | 1781 - 754 ページ
...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 - 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,... | |
 | Thomas Boreman - 1769 - 110 ページ
...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... | |
 | 1804 - 844 ページ
...To be continued.} The MORAL ZOOLOGIST, PART IL (Continued from p. 491. ) THE YELLOW-THROATED TOUCAN. THE length of this bird, from' the tip of the bill to the extremity of die tail, is nineteen inches : the tail is about six inches in length,and the bill four... | |
 | Samuel Ward - 1775 - 402 ページ
...feathers in the fpring, and refume the brown ones the fpmmer fe afpn. MOUNTAIN PARTRIDGE OF JAMAICA. length of this bird, from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, is, ten inches, and the breadth, when the •wings are extended, about fixteen. The head is fjpall, and... | |
 | Samuel Ward - 1775 - 414 ページ
...twelve feathers, is afh-coloured ; and the legs are of a dirty green. THE GREAT WHITE HERON, OR EGRET. THE length of this bird, from the tip of the bill to the end of the claws, is four feet and an half ; and to the end of the tail three feet and a quarter : the breadth,... | |
 | Benjamin Martin - 1782 - 456 ページ
...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... | |
 | 1764 - 804 ページ
...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 - 308 ページ
...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... | |
 | Richard Turner - 1792 - 296 ページ
...fwan. THE ^. 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, bread, and belly are white. The feathers of the head are of... | |
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