 | John Hawkesworth - 1773 - 444 pages
...larger than thofe which had been taken northward of the Streight ; one of thera^ meafured ten feet two inches from the tip of one wing to that of the other, when they were extended : the Iheerwatcr, on the contrary, is lefs, and darker coloured on the back.... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1809 - 448 pages
...i.irger than those which ha.l been taken northward of tlie streight ; one of them measured ten feet two inches from the tip of one wing to that of the other, when they were extended : the shcerwater, on the contrary, is kss and darker coloured on the back.... | |
 | Wernerian Natural History Society, Edinburgh - 1814 - 398 pages
...varies in size and weight according to its age. The full grown bird measures often four feet and nine inches from the tip of one wing to that of the other, and three feet from the point of the beak to the extremity of the tail. The weight too, varies from seven... | |
 | General history - 1814 - 798 pages
...larger than those which had been taken northward of the Streight; one of them measured ten feet two inches from the tip of one wing to that of the other, when they were extended : The sheer-water, on the contrary, 1 This chnrt is necessarily omitted. Krusenstern,... | |
 | William Bingley - 1820 - 368 pages
...blood. Not long afterwards he killed a vampyre bat, and found it to measure thirty-two inches and a half from the tip of one wing to that of the other; and some of these animals are said to measure more than three feet in extent. On the 16th of October, Colonel... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1824 - 524 pages
...larger than those which had been taken northward of the streight; one of them measured ten feet two inches from the tip of one wing to that of the other, wjien they were extended : The sheer-water, on the contrary, 1 This chart is necessarily omitted. Krusenstern,... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1832 - 960 pages
...blue green on the rest of the wings. The Papitio Priamut measures upwards of seven inches and a half from the tip of one wing to that of the other, and stands foremost amongst the Linnœan division of the large butterflies, which are divided into the... | |
 | George Thompson - 1827 - 516 pages
...woodengraving is accurately drawn from one recently shot on Table Mountain, which measured six feet five inches from the tip of one wing to that of the other. monkeys, hundreds of which were extending themselves on the boughs of the trees with their breasts... | |
 | 1830 - 440 pages
...The largest individuals that are met with in the chain of the Andes of Quito, are about fourteen feet from the tip of one wing to that of the other, and the smallest only eight. From these dimensions, and from the visual angle under which this bird sometimes... | |
 | 1830 - 466 pages
...The largest individuals that are met with in the chain of the Andes of Quito, are about fourteen feet from the tip of one wing to that of the other, and the smallest only eight. From these dimensions, and from the visual angle under which this bird sometimes... | |
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Streight ; one of them measured ten feet two inches from the tip of one wing to that of the other, when they were extended : the sheerwater, on the contrary, is less, and darker coloured on the back. 
