...of Myrmecopbaga aculeata. Description of the external Appearances. . The animal is 17 inches long, from the point of the bill to the extremity of the tail: the bill is i^ inch long, and the tail half an inch. The body of the animal is nearly of the same general...

...fhall tranfcribe the defcription of fome of it^ external parts only. " The animal is 17 inches long, from the point of the bill to the extremity of the tail ; the bill it i ; inch long, and the tail J an inch. " The body of the anima] is nearly of the fame...

...formerly described by Dr Shaw. Of Sir Joseph's specimens, the male was 17-5 inches long, measuring from the point of the bill to the extremity of the tail. Of this measurement, the bill was 2j inches, and the tail 4i : The circumference of the body was 1...

...obtained amoug birds the same preeminence which the huu is allowed to possess among the quadruped tribes. From the point of the bill to the extremity of the tail, it measures more than three feet, and about ei^ht feet in breadth, wbe-i ils wings are extended. The...

...the mnddy places which surround them ; but its food is unknown. The male is 17-J- inches in length, from the point •of the bill to the extremity of the tail. The bill is 2i inches long; and the end of the tail4| inches. 13* ' 3 i 426 HISTORY OF The animal's...

...Society, and the following is a description of the bird : It measured two feet seven inches and a half from the point of the bill to the extremity of the tail ; and four feet five inches between the tips of the wings. Its weight was seven pounds and a half....

...places which surround them ; but its food is unknown. The male is seventeen and a half inches in length, from the point of the bill to the extremity of the tail. The bill two and a half inches long; and the end of the tail four and a half inches. The animal's body...

...being placed in the genus of Pelican . Of the two individuals now taken, the largest measured 18 inches from the point of the bill to the extremity of the tail, and weighed seven ounces ; the plumage a rusty brown, deepest and rather glossy on the upper side of...

...(Falco Chrysdetos, Linnaeus. — Le Grand Aigle, Buffon.) THIS is the largest of the genus; it measures from the point of the bill to the extremity of the tail, upwards of three feet ; from tip to tip of the wings, above eight ; weighs from sixteen to eighteen pounds. The male is smaller,...

...nest, and become moderately familiar in captivity. The Turtle Dove is about eleven inches in length from the point of the bill to the extremity of the tail, which is rounded and slightly graduated. The upper part of its head and neck is of an ashy gray ; its...