 The common Boat-Bill is about the size of a domestic hen. In the male, the forehead and upper parts of the neck and breast are dirty white; the back and lower part of the belly rusty-reddish ; the bill is black, and the legs and feet are brown. From the...  Bulletin of the Pan American Union - Page 166by Pan American Union - 1919Full view - About this book
 | Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) - Birds - 1835 - 604 pages
...the Herons, though its beak at first would seem to imply otherwise ; it resembles a boat reversed, having a strong ridge or keel down the middle of the...upper mandible, and the sides spread out and bowed, thus : — UPPER VIEW OF THE BEAK OF THE BOATBILL. The nostrils are situated in a furrow along each... | |
 | 1836 - 562 pages
...The common boat-bill is about the size of a domestic hen. In the male, the forehead, and upper parts of the neck and breast, are dirty white ; the back and lower part of the belly rusty-reddish ; the bill is black, and the legs and feet are brown. From the head depends a long crest of black feathers,... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - American essays - 1856 - 596 pages
...plumage. The Boat-bill (No. 47) is about the size of a domestic hen. Its beak resembles a boat reversed, having a strong ridge or keel down the middle of the...In the male, the upper part of the neck and breast is dirty white ; the back and lower part of the belly rusty-reddish. The legs and feet are brown. From... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1859 - 830 pages
...THE BOAT-BILL* THE Boat-bill is about the size of a domestic hen. Its beak resembles a boat reversed, having a strong ridge or keel down the middle of the...upper mandible, and the sides spread out and bowed. THE BOAT-BILL. In the male, the upper part of the neck and breast are dirty white ; the back and lower... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1863 - 848 pages
...the size of a domestic hen. Its beak resembles a boat reversed, having a strong ridge or keel clown the middle* of the upper mandible, and the sides spread out and bowed. THE BOAT-BILL. In the male, the upper part of the neck and breast are dirty white; the back and lower... | |
 | Charles Knight - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1866 - 584 pages
...The common Boat-Bill is about the size of a domestic hen. In the male, the forehead and upper parts of the neck and breast are dirty white; the back and lower part of the belly rusty-reddish ; the bill is black, and the legs and feet are brown. From the head depends a long crest of black feathers,... | |
 | Charles Knight - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1866 - 582 pages
...The common Boat-Bill is about the size of a domestic hen. In the male, the forehead and upper parte of the neck and breast are dirty white ; the back and lower part of tk*-belly rusty-reddish ; the bill is black, and the legs and feet are brown. From the head depends... | |
 | William Bingley - Zoology - 1871 - 1056 pages
...The common Boat-bill is about the size of a domestic hen. In the male the forehead and upper parts of the neck and breast, are dirty white ; the back and lower part of the belly rusty-reddish ; the bill is black, and the legs and feet are brown. From tho head depends a long crest of black feathers,... | |
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