...whom I have obtained the foregoing particulars. The bird is of full-grown size, measuring 18 inches from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, and from its plumage is probably a male of the year. Thompson, writing in 1850, gives only one well-authenticated...

...belief. Their size and proportions are the same ; the simple length of a dried skin, when measured from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, depends in a great measure in the contraction or distention of the neck in the process of preserving;...

...Measurements should also be taken after the following manner, in feet, inches and fractions of an inch : Total length from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, the neck being stretched out in a straight line ; length of the primary quills of the wing; total length...

...rain." THE IMPERIAL EAGLE. This is the largest species of Eagle known, measuring three feet and a half from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail; and to it may be referred all the accounts of the ancients respecting the strength, courage, and magnanimity...

...than in the male, but this may be an individual peculiarity. The whole length of the male Drepanornis, from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, is about 14 in., that of the wing, from the carpal joint, 6 in., of the tail, from the base, 5 \ in.,...

...same with the bird known by that name in the Atlantic States, is found in all parts of California. From the tip of the bill to the end of the tail it is about thirty inches long, and six feet from tip to tip of the outstretched wings. The head and...

...Mmluilvs. — fiaird. Brewer and Ridgway, Vol. III., page 44(i. 447. DESCRIPTION. — The Pheasant, from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail feathers. sixteen to nineteen inches long. 1'Yom tip to tip of the outstretched wings, twenty-four...

...who has kindly given me this information, and further states that the bird measured thirtynine inches from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, and 7 feet 6 inches in expanse of wing. This bird passed into the collection of Captain Crowe of Speeton....

...brownish postocular band ; the irides are chestnut-black, and the points of the quills, tail, &<x, are brownish-black. Length from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, three feet six inches. Locality. — East Indies. Genus Balearica, Gray. Allied to Anthrvpoidts, but...

...Mate, this bird exhibits ^r. at uniformity both of size and plumage ; being not quite twelve inches in length from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail ; the prevailing color bluish-gray, in some parts with green and purple reflections, two broad and...