| Antoine-Joseph Pernety - 1771 - 358 sider
...body. Its feet are not webbed, but furniflied with ftrong pointed claws. Some of them meafure nine feet from the tip of one wing to that of the other. By the extent of its wings when they are fpread, this bird eafily fupports . itfelf in the air, the... | |
| William Coxe - 1789 - 632 sider
...from the tip of the beak to the extremity of the tail, fix feet fix inches French * meafure; and eight feet from the tip of one wing to that of the other expanded. It weighed, when firft taken, eleven pounds. This bird, though always called a vulture, yet... | |
| Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 636 sider
...There are 21 fpecies. The moft remarkable arc, I. Gryfkuj, the condor, which is not only the largeft of this genus, but perhaps of all others which are able to fly. The accounts ef authors in regard to its extent of wing are various, viz. from 9 to 1 8 feet from the tip of one... | |
| Philip Beaver - 1805 - 556 sider
...song. Great flocks of vultures are every where seen ; those which we shot generally measured seven feet from the tip of one wing to that of the other. They are very useful in speedily devouring those animals that die in the woods ; without which, the... | |
| 1812 - 422 sider
...Alps vrai lately shot in the South of France, which was three feet and a half high, and measured nine feet from the tip of one wing to that of the other. A DUEL took place lately between a Mr. E — and a Mr. G — , koth of London, in consequence of SPARRING.... | |
| John Campbell - 1815 - 622 sider
...to the nearest point of firm ground. During this bustle we shot a wild peacock, which measured six feet from the tip of one wing to that of the other. At two, PM we crossed to the east side of the river, on which we entered a beautiful level plain, which... | |
| 1816 - 852 sider
...and other iflands of the Weft Indies. *. VULTUR CRY»HUS, the CONDOR, which is not only the largeft of this genus, but perhaps of all others which are...from 9 to 18 feet from the tip of one wing to that of tbe other. One gives it ftrength fufficient to carry off (beep, and boys of 10 years old ; while another... | |
| 1830 - 466 sider
...sea. 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... | |
| Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - 1830 - 648 sider
...its tribe, very little inferior in size to a common cock, being 26 inches in length, and more than 3 feet from the tip of one wing to that of the other. The plumage is of a very glossy black, with some reflections of bluish purple on the back. The female... | |
| 1830 - 440 sider
...sea. 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... | |
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