...curved, and measures three and a quarter inches in length. As the bird is but fourteen inches long from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, the bill is more than one-third of the length of the body and tail. In this respect, with its close,...

...plumage is displayed — white, with blackish-brown wings. The measurements are as follows : Total length from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, 3ft. 3in. Bill, Tin. Tail, 7'25in. Whole wing, from 4ft. lOin. to 5ft. lOin. ; primaries, 1ft. Sin....

...blue rock-pigeon exhibits great uniformity both of size and plumage ; it is not quite 12 inches in length from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail ; the prevailing colour is bluish gray, in some parts with green and purple reflections, and having...

...massive of all the members of the canary family, and a good specimen should measure fully eight inches in length from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, and some birds may be found to exceed these dimensions. I have one in my possession now which is considerably...

...times every three or four years, and chiefly in midwinter. An adult male will measure nearly four feet from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, and its wings have an expanse of 1 It may be open to doubt whether tarda is here an adjective. Several...

...commonly shares with the Booby the reputation of unusual stupidity. It is about 15 or 10 inches long from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, tha general color brownish black. Th« N. is very .abundant in warm latitudes; and on sonic of the...

...in a white band. The kingbird is considerably smaller than the robin, measuring about eight inches from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail. The kingbird arrives at St. Paul, Minn., about the first of May ; it builds its nest in tall bushes...

...mouse-brown, with a metallic lustre on the wings and tail ; throat and belly white ; bill black ; feet brown ; length (from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail) 8 in. ; wing 8^45 in. The sexes are alike in plumage. In the young the feathers are slightly margined...

...are many. The largest is the Imperial E. (A. imptriali»), native of 8. America. It mensures 3U ft. from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail. The Golden E. (A. chrysaeta), nearly the same in Ачп, Europe, und N. America, тешшгев У...

...Young, a fully grown bird which has not yet acquired the plu% mage of the adult. L. Length, the distance from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail. This measurement is made from dead birds, birds in life appear somewhat shorter. W. Wing, the distance...