| 1901 - Страниц: 116
...long as the body, and the under mandible is three lines shorter than the upper. The w^hole length, from the point of the bill to the end of the tail is 7 inches, bill i^, tail i^> tarsus n lines, middle toe and claw 9 lines (Excerpt from Rothschild's... | |
| 1901 - Страниц: 530
...and composed of ten or twelve feathers. The common heron { A rdla cinerXa ) is about 3 feet in length from the point of the bill to the end of the tail, builds its nest in high trees, many being sometimes on one tree. Its food consists of fish, frogs,... | |
| William Alanson Bryan - 1901 - Страниц: 124
...as long as the body, and the under mandible is three lines shorter than the upper. The whole length, from the point of the bill to the end of the tail is 7 inches, bill 1^, tail 1^, tarsus n lines, middle toe and claw 9 lines (Excerpt from Rothschild's... | |
| Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby - 1903 - Страниц: 1078
...dozen occur in the United States. The great blue heron (Ardca herodias) is about four feet in length from the point of the bill to the end of the tail, and nearly six feet across the wings. It is of a delicate gray color on the upper parts, except the quill-feathers,... | |
| Robert L. Wallace - 1904 - Страниц: 498
...perfectly fair no bird should be subject to this operation. The usual method is to take the length from the point of the bill to the end of the tail, and to ensure exactness a padded frame should be used, with an upright piece of wood at one end and a sliding... | |
| Meriwether Lewis, William Clark - 1905 - Страниц: 428
...near the \meat of the] whale we Saw \JV. ^5'.'] measured from the tips of the wings across 9^ feet, from the point of the Bill to the end of the tail 3 feet 10-^ inches, middle toe 5-^ inches, toe nale 1 inch & 3~}4 lines, wing feather 2-J/£ feet long... | |
| Meriwether Lewis, William Clark - 1905 - Страниц: 428
...near the [meat of the] whale we Saw [W. .25'*] measured from the tips of the wings across 9^ feet, from the point of the Bill to the end of the tail 3 feet 1o-J^ inches, middle toe 5-^£ inches, toe nale 1 inch & 3-i^ lines, wing feather 2-}/£ feet... | |
| Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby - 1906 - Страниц: 926
...dozen occur in the United States. The great blue heron (Ardea, herodias) is about four feet in length from the point of the bill to the end of the tail, and nearly six feet across the wings. It is of a delicate srray color on the upper parts, except the quill-feathers,... | |
| Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby - 1909 - Страниц: 956
...dozen occur in the United States. The great blue heron (Ardea herodias) is about four feet in length from the point of the bill to the end of the tail, and nearly six feet across the wings. It is of a delicate gray color on the upper parts, except the quill-feathers,... | |
| Bishop Samuel Fallows - 1910 - Страниц: 742
...The species in Europe is little if at all inferior in size to the Condor of South America, measuring from the point of the bill to the end of the tail four feet two or three inches, and sometimes ten feet in the expanse of wing; the head and neck are... | |
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