 | William Bingley - Animal behavior - 1803 - 524 pages
...that we can persuade ourselves of its being the real beak or snout of a quadruped. The length of the animal, from the tip of the beak to the end of the tail, is thirteen inches, of which the former occupies an inch and a half. The body is depressed, and has some resemblance to that of an Otter... | |
 | Thomas Smith - Civilization - 1804 - 304 pages
...two specimens which were sent over by Governof Hunter ; and only one or two others have as yet wived in England. The length of this curious animal from the tip of tbebeakto the end of the tail is thirteen inches, of which the beak occupies one inch and a half. The... | |
 | Thomas Thomson - Sweden - 1813 - 502 pages
...in Great Britain, and very rare in Sweden. It is about the size of the falco palumbariw or goshawk. From the tip of the beak to the end of the tail is about 22 inches. The distance between the extremities of the wings when stretched is about 34. feet.... | |
 | Birds - 1816 - 386 pages
...Wingate, of the Westgate, Newcastle. THE RED-LEGGED SANDPIPER. Tringa Erythropus. THIS bird measures from the tip of the beak to the end of the tail, ten inches. The bill is an inch and three-eighths long, black at the tip, and reddish towards the base... | |
 | 1825 - 492 pages
...of which onr engraving affords а striking representation, is in size about four or five inches long from the tip of the beak to the end of the tail; the colour of the beak black, inclining toward* the base to red; the crown of the head is spotted with... | |
 | Science - 1827 - 456 pages
...was seen near the place where this was killed, but it evaded pursuit. The specimen killed measured from the tip of the beak to the end of the tail, 2 feet 3 inches ; from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other, 5 feet 6$ inches. A notice of the... | |
 | Geology - 1827 - 452 pages
...was seen near the place where this was killed, but it evaded pursuit. The specimen killed measured from the tip of the beak to the end of the tail, 2 feet 3 inches ; from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other, 5 feet 6| inches. A notice of the... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - Amusements - 1833 - 618 pages
...feathers black ; those The weight of this bird varies from ten and a half to fifteen ounces ; the length from the tip of the beak to the end of the tail is about fourteen inches, the breadth twenty-two : the bill is rather more than an inch long, of a greenish... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - Amusements - 1833 - 640 pages
...species is not common in England. Red-legged Sandpiper. (Tringa erythropvs.)— This bird measures from the tip of the beak to the end of the tail ten inch« ; the bill is an inch and three-eighths long, black at the tip, and reddish towards the... | |
 | John White - Children's literature, English - 1833 - 226 pages
...the largest of birds. It often meas'-ures more than fourteen feet in height, and as many in length, from the tip of the beak to the end of the tail. Its head is small, and, as well as the greater part of the neck, is flesh-coloured, and clothed only... | |
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... inches from the tip of the beak to the end of the tail when spread as far as possible flat. 
