 | Robert Dodsley - 1758 - 586 lehte
...bold, and very voracious and fierce in devouring his Prey. He is of a large Size, near four Feet long from the Point of the Bill to the End of the Tail ; and betwixt the Points of each Wing, when extended, near fix Feet ; his Beak is very ftrong, crooked... | |
 | George Edwards - 1760 - 290 lehte
...from its natural fize : its wings, when extended, meafured three feet and an half from tip to tip ; from the point of the bill to the end of the tail it meafured two feet. The Hawk's bill is of a blueiih colour: the edges of the upper mandible are waved... | |
 | Preceptor - 1758 - 590 lehte
...bold, jtnd very voracious and fierce in devouring his Prey. He It of a large Size, near four Feet long from the Point of the Bill to the End of the Tail ; and betwixt the Points of each Wing, when extended, near fix Feet ; his Beak is very ftrong, crooked... | |
 | Eleazar Albin - 1759 - 160 lehte
...this, but in Weight, one three Ounces, the other three and an Half. The Length of a full-grown Bird, from the Point of the Bill, to the End of the Tail, is nine Inches ; of which the Bill is one, and the Tail three and a Half; therefore, allowing for Tail,... | |
 | Thomas Boreman - 1769 - 110 lehte
...Thing had been done by Nature's Inftinft, had he not with his own Eyes feen it. 19. THE HORN OWL is in Length, from the Point of the Bill to the End of the Tail, about fourteen Inches ; its Breadth, meafuring from Tip to Tipof the Wings extended, three Feet and... | |
 | Benjamin Martin - 1782 - 456 lehte
...Prints. Clean. The HERON, my Euphrofine, is a Bird, whofe Beak, Neck, and Legs, are all of a great Length — from the Point of the Bill to the End of the Claws is four Feet. — It is nearly the Size of a Goofe, and weighs about four Pounds. By it's long... | |
 | Richard Turner - 1792 - 296 lehte
...bold, and very voracious and fierce in devouring his prey. He is of a great fize, near four feet long from the point of the bill to the end of the tail ; and between the points of each wing, when extended, near fix feet : his beak is very ftrong, crooked,... | |
 | George Low - 1813 - 260 lehte
...sits down contentedly to a piece of dead horse if it can get it. In bulk it almost equals a goose; the length, from the point of the bill to the end of the tail, two feet three inches, but if measured to the claws it is two feet five; when the wings are extended... | |
 | 1816 - 386 lehte
...La Cigogne, Buff.) THE "White Stork is smaller than the Crane, but much larger than the Heron : its length, from the point of the bill to the end of the tail, is three feet six inches ; and its breadth, from tip to tip, above six feet. The bill is of a fine... | |
 | Thomas Boreman - 1818 - 420 lehte
...time sufficient to build another. THE HOOPOE Is a small bird, measuring no more than twelve inches from the point of the bill to the end of the tail. The bill is sharp, black, and somewhat bending. The head is adorned with a very beautiful, large, moveable... | |
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Then take the dimensions from the point of the bill to the end of the tail... 
