 | 1901 - 116 стор.
...long as the body, and the under mandible is three lines shorter than the upper. The w^hole length, from the point of the bill to the end of the tail is 7 inches, bill i^, tail i^> tarsus n lines, middle toe and claw 9 lines (Excerpt from Rothschild's... | |
 | William Alanson Bryan - 1901 - 124 стор.
...as long as the body, and the under mandible is three lines shorter than the upper. The whole length, from the point of the bill to the end of the tail is 7 inches, bill 1^, tail 1^, tarsus n lines, middle toe and claw 9 lines (Excerpt from Rothschild's... | |
 | Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby - 1903 - 1078 стор.
...dozen occur in the United States. The great blue heron (Ardca herodias) is about four feet in length from the point of the bill to the end of the tail, and nearly six feet across the wings. It is of a delicate gray color on the upper parts, except the quill-feathers,... | |
 | Robert L. Wallace - 1904 - 498 стор.
...perfectly fair no bird should be subject to this operation. The usual method is to take the length from the point of the bill to the end of the tail, and to ensure exactness a padded frame should be used, with an upright piece of wood at one end and a sliding... | |
 | Meriwether Lewis, William Clark - 1905 - 428 стор.
...near the \meat of the] whale we Saw \JV. ^5'.'] measured from the tips of the wings across 9^ feet, from the point of the Bill to the end of the tail 3 feet 10-^ inches, middle toe 5-^ inches, toe nale 1 inch & 3~}4 lines, wing feather 2-J/£ feet long... | |
 | Meriwether Lewis, William Clark - 1905 - 428 стор.
...near the [meat of the] whale we Saw [W. .25'*] measured from the tips of the wings across 9^ feet, from the point of the Bill to the end of the tail 3 feet 1o-J^ inches, middle toe 5-^£ inches, toe nale 1 inch & 3-i^ lines, wing feather 2-}/£ feet... | |
 | Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby - 1906 - 926 стор.
...dozen occur in the United States. The great blue heron (Ardea, herodias) is about four feet in length from the point of the bill to the end of the tail, and nearly six feet across the wings. It is of a delicate srray color on the upper parts, except the quill-feathers,... | |
 | Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby - 1909 - 956 стор.
...dozen occur in the United States. The great blue heron (Ardea herodias) is about four feet in length from the point of the bill to the end of the tail, and nearly six feet across the wings. It is of a delicate gray color on the upper parts, except the quill-feathers,... | |
 | Bishop Samuel Fallows - 1910 - 746 стор.
...The species in Europe is little if at all inferior in size to the Condor of South America, measuring from the point of the bill to the end of the tail four feet two or three inches, and sometimes ten feet in the expanse of wing; the head and neck are... | |
 | John Brickell - 1737 - 530 стор.
...Children for the same Disorders. The Pelican in Carolina is a large Water-Fowl, being five Feet in length, from the point of the Bill to the end of the Tail, and almost equal in bigness to a Swan. It has a long thick Neck and Beak, and a great natural Wen or Pouch... | |
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The great blue heron (Ardea herodias) is about four feet in length from the point of the bill to the end of the tail, and nearly six feet across the wings. 
