 | Mrs. Loudon (Jane) - 1850 - 630 стор.
...small fish, or the hopping of a frog; but his appetite is insatiable. This bird is about four feet long from the tip of the bill to the end of the claws ; to the end of the tail about thirty-eight inches ; its breadth, when the wings are extended,... | |
 | Joseph Foulkes Winks - 1836 - 720 стор.
...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 стор.
...claws black ; the bare skin about the head is redder in the male than in the female. in. lin. Length from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, about 14 0 of bill from gape 1 1 of bill from front 0 10 of wings 8 б of tail, not quite 3 0 of tarsus... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1852 - 616 стор.
...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... | |
 | Francis Orpen Morris - 1852 - 652 стор.
...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... | |
 | Mary Somerville - 1869 - 618 стор.
...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.... | |
 | 1853 - 558 стор.
...claws black ; the bare skiu about the head is redder in the male than in the female. in. lin. Length from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, about 14 0 of bill from gape 1 1 of bill from front 0 10 of wings 8 6 of tail, not quite 3 0 of tarsus... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1853 - 1254 стор.
...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,... | |
 | William Somerville Orr - 1855 - 566 стор.
...their progeny can hardly be regarded as true natives. This bird measures about three feet in length from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail ; the male is delicately mottled with gray and brownish-black, with the front of the neck and breast... | |
 | John Cotton (F.Z.S.) - 1856 - 246 стор.
...will readily acknowledge. This bird is of considerable size, measuring about eighteen inches in length from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail ; the extent of the wings when expanded is about two feet and a half. The length of the bill, measured... | |
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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. 
