 | Leonard Jenyns - 1835 - 602 페이지
...Brit. An. p. 149. Imbricated Turtle, Shaw, Gen. Zool. vol. in. part ip 89. pi. 26. DIHENS. General length, from the tip of the bill to the end of the shell, about three feet : has been known to measure five feet. SHA.W. DESCRIPT. Body roundish-ovate,... | |
 | Richard King - 1836 - 676 페이지
...daytight, it does not appear that the glare of the sun is an inconvenience to this bird. Its usual length from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail is two feet, although individuals are frequently found differing in this respect : there are seldom,... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1836 - 180 페이지
...feathers drop from their bodies, and are again renewed every spring. 4. The length of the Peacock, from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, is about three feet eight inches. Some of its longest feathers ,1 are four feet long. This bird appears... | |
 | Thomas Dick - 1836 - 474 페이지
...the feathers drop from their bodies, and are again renewed every spring. The length of the peacock, from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, is about three feet eight inches. Some of its longest feathers are four feet long. This bird appears... | |
 | Neville Wood - 1836 - 436 페이지
...considerably larger than the birds with which we commonly associate the name Thrush, being about eleven inches from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail. Some individuals measure even more, but I believe eleven inches to be the average. The song of the... | |
 | 1836 - 436 페이지
...the feathers drop from their bodies, and are again renewed every spring. The length of the peacock, from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, is about three feet eight inches. Some of its longest feathers are four feet long. This bird appears... | |
 | 1836 - 432 페이지
...the feathers drop from their bodies, and are again renewed every spring. The length of the peacock, from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, is about three feet eight inches. Some of its longest feathers are four feet long. This bird appears... | |
 | Richard King - 1836 - 370 페이지
...encampment in the evening, I secured a specimen of the strix nyctea, or great snowy owl, measuring two feet from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail. Peth-the-nueh is called Owl Island, from being a favourite place of resort for this highly beautiful... | |
 | 1829 - 516 페이지
...barred with triangular black markings. Length from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, Hi in. Length from the tip of the bill to the end of the toes, 1 4J in. Length of bill, from 2J in. to "-5 '"• Extent, 19 in. Weight from 7 to 7i oz. Anat.... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1840 - 196 페이지
...it is now found in most countries. It lives to the age of twenty years. The length of the peacock, from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, is about seven feet; and some of its longest feathers are four feet long. It is one of the most beautiful... | |
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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. 
