 | George Colwell Oke - 1881 - 922 σελίδες
...expose for sale, consign for sale, or buy for sale, any lobster which measures less than eight inches from the tip of the beak to the end of the tail when spread, as far as possible flat " (Note 104; , CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. 1. Hi-treating.'] If any person... | |
 | 1882 - 938 σελίδες
...inches. The lower jaw projected both in front of and to the sides of the upper jaw. The length of the animal, from the tip of the beak to the end of the tail, was about 37 feet, and the girth round the belly about 15 feet The whale was taken possession of by... | |
 | Sir William Turner - 1882 - 86 σελίδες
...inches. The lower jaw projected both in front of and to the sides of the upper jaw. The length of the animal, from the tip of the beak to the end of the tail, was about 37 feet, and the girth round the belly about 15 feet. The whale was takeii possession of... | |
 | Thomas Wallace Knox - 1885 - 546 σελίδες
...CONDOR. than nine feet, and the largest specimen seen by Darwin measured eight and a half feet. The body from the tip of the beak to the end of the tail is from three to three and a half feet in extreme length. Equally exaggerated were the stories about the... | |
 | Thomas Bewick - 1885 - 462 σελίδες
...separately charged sixteen shillings.' THE RED-LEGGED SANDPIPER. (Tringu Kcwickii* Mont.) THIS bird measures from the tip of the beak to the end of the tail, ten inches. The bill is an inch and three-eighths long, black at the tip, and reddish towards the base:... | |
 | Fishery Board for Scotland - 1886 - 484 σελίδες
...sell, expose for sale, consign for sale, or buy for sale, any lobster which measures less than 8 inches from the tip of the beak to the end of the tail, when spread as far as possible flat. Every person who acts in contravention of this section shall be... | |
 | Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom - 1897 - 458 σελίδες
...size is 4J inches, measured across the broadest part of the back, and for lobsters 8 inches, measured from the tip of the beak to the end of the tail. Now both these sizes are considerably below the sizes at which the greater number of the animals begin... | |
 | 1890 - 566 σελίδες
...call it Amblyornis musgraviunus. It is somewhat larger than A. subalaris, and measures about 10 inches from the tip of the beak to the end of the tail j the wings and back are of a dull darkish green ; the throat, breast, and belly of a uniform brown... | |
 | Daniel Jay Browne - 1892 - 126 σελίδες
...want of a due balance of parts. The pouter is of large size, often measuring eighteen inches in length from the tip of the beak to the end of the tail. The chest is not really voluminous, though it appears enormous when the crop is distended with air;... | |
 | 1893 - 544 σελίδες
...neck, which gives it a snake-like appearance when swimming, as it does, with the body under water. From the tip of the beak to the end of the tail it measures 39 inches. — J. WILLS. Notes on some of Madagascar Hollers. — Fam.Coraciidaz; Subfam.Coraciince.... | |
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... inches from the tip of the beak to the end of the tail when spread as far as possible flat. 
