...but it seems to us to be a stiff unnatural strut. The pouter often measures eighteen inches in length from the point of the beak to the end of the tail; the legs, or tarsi, are long and covered with fine white down; the back is concave, and the tail large....

...resembleS the last two kinds. It weighs twelve pennyweights troy, and measures in length, extended, from the point of the beak to the end of the tail, nearly six inches ; from tip to tip of its wings, about eleven inches and a half; and the bill, to...

...the most sublime of the scriptural writers, St. John the Evangelist. The Golden Eagle is, in length, from the point of the beak to the end of the tail, about three feet nine inches ; the breadth, when his wings are extended, is eight spans. The beak is...

...fine plumage for the cabinet of . the naturalist. The largest species measures ten inches and a half from the point of the beak to the end of the tail ; its name amongst the Indians is Una-wayaadoucati, that is, grandfather of the Jacamar. It is FOURTH...

...rivers, lakes, and the seashores both of Europe and America. In the latter • DESCRIPTION. The length, from the point of the beak to the end of the tail, is about two feet, and the expanded wings measure somewhat more than five feet. The wing-. when closed,...

...; And hoary peaks, that proudly prop The skies, thy dwellings are. The Golden Eagle is, in length, from the point of the beak to the end of the tail, about three feet nine inches ; the breadth, when his wings are extended, is eight spans. The beak is...

...the more have their enormous dimensions been found to diminish. The average length of the condors, from the point of the beak to the end of the tail, is but three feet three inches. Their usual envergure eight or nine feet. Some individuals, from a...

...a technical description of it, which the ornithologist first alluded to above has supplied. Length, from the point of the beak to the end of the tail, 8j in.; from the point of the beak to the gape (rictus), seven eighths of an inch ; width of mouth...

...acquainted with. It feeds upon the sea-shore, and in sandy grounds. It is about sixteen inches long, from the point of the beak to the end of the tail. Its plumage is much variegated, striped with black, and edged with a primrose colour. Its legs are...

...I ever saw measuring twelve feet four inches, from tip to tip of the extended wings, and four feet from the point of the beak to the end of the tail. As respects their flight, the same remarks apply to all the species. When sitting on the water, their...