 | Mrs. Loudon (Jane) - 1850 - 630 pages
...in that of the sparrow. The Cuckoo is somewhat less than the -magpie, his length being about twelve inches from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail. He is remarkable for his round prominent nostrils ; the lower part of the body is of a yellowish colour,... | |
 | Thomas Dick - 1850 - 520 pages
...the leathers drop from their bodies, and ore again renewed every spring. The length of the peacock, from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, is about three feet eight inches. Some of its longest feathers are four feet long. This bird appears... | |
 | William Jardine, P. J. Selby - 1850 - 370 pages
...base, with a broad black fascia near their tips, which are gray. Bill and feet yellow. Extreme length from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail nearly ten inches. The colours of the female are more sordid, and the forehead and chin, instead of... | |
 | Francis Lieber - 1851 - 606 pages
...Europe and Asia. In America, they are most numerous about Hudson's bay, but are also found farther south. In Pennsylvania, they are migratory, making...black, and four inches and three quarters long, to the corner of the mouth. The head and half of the length of the neck are of a deep black, with a green... | |
 | Joseph Foulkes Winks - 1836 - 720 pages
...susceptible of fear at his approach and presence. The Wagtail is about seven inches and a half in length, from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, and eleven inches in breadth, between the point of each extended wing : it has a sharp bill of an inch... | |
 | Zoological Society of London - 1851 - 348 pages
...grey ; legs greyish black. Total length, from the tip of the bill to the extremity of the tail, 52 inches ; from the tip of the bill to the end of the centre toe, 67 ; bill, from the gape to the tip, 9 ; depth of the bill, 4 J ; breadth, 4 ; wing, 27... | |
 | Francis Orpen Morris - 1852 - 652 pages
...to a length of nearly two feet. The bill is horn-colour, and the feet lead colour. The whole length, from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, is about one foot one inch. Soon after our arrival, says the same author, speaking 131 of the country... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1852 - 616 pages
...are shaped something like the heads of arrows or darts. The Spotted redshank 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 and a half; its breadth twenty-one inches... | |
 | Mary Somerville - 1869 - 618 pages
...cygnus musicus, or whistling swan, is fhe largest migratory bird of Europe or America. It is 5 feet long from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, and 8 feet from tip to tip of the wings : its plumage is pure white, tinged orange or yellow on the head.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1853 - 1254 pages
...close coat of hairy feathers. The claws are strong, sharp, and very much curved. The length of the bird from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail is 21 inches 6 lines; and the length of the longest quill feather is 1 2 inches six lines. — MIKROU,... | |
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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. 
