 | Voyages and travels - 1761 - 280 pages
...infefts are very numerous ; among thefe there is a curious fpecies of the Butterfly, whicfl is near four inches from the tip of one wing to that of the other, and all over beautifully fireaked with murrey and yellow, except the edges edges of t.he lower wings,... | |
 | John Hawkesworth - Antarctica - 1773 - 444 pages
...74° 30' W. ; and w« found the variation of the compafs, by the mean of eighteen azimuths, to be 27° 9' E. As the weather was frequently calm, Mr. Banks went out in a fmall boat to moot birds, among which were fomd albatrofles and fheerwaters. The albatrofies were obfcrved... | |
 | Thomas Coke - Haiti - 1808 - 476 pages
...and a quarter in length from the extremity of the bill to that of the tail ; and about twice as much from the tip of one wing to that of the other, when extended. The bill was blackish, compressed, and about three quarters Of an inch long; the tail very... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1809 - 448 pages
...shcerwaters. The albntr were observed to be i.irger than those which ha.l been taken northward of tlie streight ; one of them measured ten feet two inches...to that of the other, when they were extended : the shcerwater, on the contrary, is kss and darker coloured on the back. The albatrosses we skinned, and... | |
 | Wernerian Natural History Society, Edinburgh - Natural history - 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... | |
 | Robert Kerr - Voyages and travels - 1824 - 524 pages
...74° SO' W. ; and we found the variation of the compass, by the mean of eighteen azimuths, to be 27° 9' E. As the weather was frequently calm, Mr Banks...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,... | |
 | George Thompson - Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) - 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... | |
 | Gilbert White - Natural history - 1833 - 410 pages
...White, in his Natural History of Selbome, answering to his description of it. It measured nearly fifteen inches from the tip of one wing to that of the other. These larger bats were quite as numerous as the smaller species. A great number of them were also found... | |
 | Sarah Tuttle - Ethiopia - 1834 - 114 pages
...of the neck stand erect, somewhat resembling a ruff. The one caught by Mr. Salt measured eight feet from the tip of one wing to that of the other. When the Abyssinians set out on a journey and meet a species of eagle, which they call Guodic Goodie, (but... | |
 | Gilbert White - Natural history - 1834 - 392 pages
...White, in his Natural History of Sdborne, answering to his description of it. It measured nearly fifteen inches from the tip of one wing to that of the other. These larger bats were quite as numerous as the smaller species. A great number of them were also found... | |
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E. As the weather was frequently calm, Mr. Banks went out in a small boat to shoot birds, among which were some albatrosses and sheerwaters. The albatrosses were observed to be larger than those which had been taken northward of the... 
