...bridge, broke one of its wings, and took it in the river below the point. This immense bird measures, from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, 5 feet Ц inches; from tip to tip of the wings 8 feet; in height of body 1 foot 7 inches; neck 1 loot...

...under tail-coverts luminous green ; primaries purplish brown ; bill black ; feet blackish brown. Total length from the tip of the bill to the end of the centre tailfeather, 6 inches ; to the end of the elongated feathers, 8J ; bill, 1£ ; wing, 31 ; tail,...

...1904. Manuale di Ornitologia Italiana, p. 13. The only measurement explained is total length, taken from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail. 1929. Ornitologia Italiana, pp. XI-XII. Illustrations are given of the method of taking the following...

...wing-tip to /wing-tip above four feet. That , described by Willughhy weighed / two pounds two ounces, and from , the tip of the bill to the end of the tail measured two feet one inch. The wings, when extended, measured across to the extremities four feet...

...bridge, broke one of its wings, and took it in the river below the point. This immense bird measures, from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, 5 feet 1 j inches; from tip to tip of the wings 8 feet; in height of body 1 foot 7 inches; neck 1 foot...

...balances (with accuracy of ± 10 g) and total lengths were measured (usually under ether anaesthesia) from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, excluding the distal tuft of hair on the tail. Comparisons between months, areas and juvenile and adult...

...Himalayan vulture eagle ( *•>paetoi) has been found by Lieut. Hutton to measure upwards of four feet from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, the breadth of its expanded wings being no less than nine feet eight inches and a half! MISCELLANEOUS....