 | Antoine-Joseph Pernety - 1771 - 358 Seiten
...to the 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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 wing to that of the other. One givts it ftrenilh fiifficient to carry off fheep, and boys of io years old ; while another ventures... | |
 | Philip Beaver - 1805 - 556 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1807 - 388 Seiten
...able to fly. The accounts of authors in regard to its extent of wing are various, viz. from 9 to 18 feet from the tip of one wing to that of the other. One gives it ftrength. fufficit-nt to carry off fheep, and boys of 10 years old ; while another ventures)... | |
 | 1812 - 422 Seiten
...the 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 Seiten
...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... | |
 | George Thompson - 1827 - 532 Seiten
...Chapter 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. a pleasant evening with them, conversing about the productions of the neighbouring country. Next morning,... | |
 | 1830 - 466 Seiten
...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... | |
 | 1830 - 440 Seiten
...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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Quito, are about fourteen feet from the tip of one wing to that of the other, and the smallest only eight. 
