 | 1781 - 754 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...Way, and 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 pàgines
...Common, the Wbite-creJleJ, and the Parrot called the Macao. 24. THE RAVEN is a very large Fowl, being in Length, from the Tip of the Bill to the End of the Tail, about two Feet. The Bill is long, thick, fharp, and ver.y black ; the upper Chap fbrr.ewhat hooked,... | |
 | 1804 - 844 pàgines
...the under somewhat darker. The bird is about the size of a magpie ; being about ieventeen inches 5 in length, from the tip of the bill to " the end of the large feathers of the tail. The bill, though in size it is proportionate to the- body, resembles that... | |
 | Samuel Ward - 1775 - 402 pàgines
...which changes to its original hue on the approach of fpring. Black-birds, among us, are about a eleven inches in length, from the tip" of the bill to the end of the tail ; or" which the bill is one inch, and the tail four inches : black-birds are not taken old and- tamed,... | |
 | Samuel Ward - 1775 - 414 pàgines
...colour of its legs, which is a very bright red. THE SNIPE. THE fnipe weighs about four ounces ; and is in length, from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, about twelve inches ; in breadth it is fourteen inches. The bill is three inches long, ftraight, and... | |
 | Benjamin Martin - 1782 - 456 pàgines
...Birds of 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 pàgines
...great 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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...body of a 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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The length of the peacock, from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail', is about three feet eight inches. 
