Ratio of Immatures to Adults In the juvenal plumage flight feathers of the kites are brown, barred with white, much different in appearance from the dark, slaty plumage of adults.
Mississippi kite in Argentina, with comments on migration and plumage in the genus Ictinia.
My plumage hath been dyed In blood my foes supplied; Oft on my breast hath lain That deeply purple stain.
He was showily and picturesquely dressed in a green and white striped robe, wide trousers of a speckled pattern and colour, like the plumage of a Guinea-fowl, with an embroidery of green silk in the front of the legs.
According to the Darwinian doctrine of selection, fine plumagegoes far in deciding the preference of Jenny Wren and her sex, only we are told that fine-feathered birds are very seldom songsters as well.
And when at last, out of those deforming bumps, budded delicately forth the plumage of snow-white wings, the wayward peevishness of the prince gave place to sweet temper.
Crocus and iris, when they heard him, wagged Their pretty heads in glee: the honey-bagged Bees became altars: and the forest dove Her plumage smoothed.
He never grieves that his plumage is not gay, like the oriole's.
The men laid the body of the poet upon his bed, awkwardly arranging it to conceal the tornplumage of the poor black crow.
When July has come, all the water birds that are no longer capable of reproducing, remain like so many forlorn bachelors and old maids, to renew their plumage along the shores.
There is to be found, in Tropical America, a singular race of flycatching birds, whoseplumage is black and white.
The curious analogy between this bird and Petroica bicolor, has already been mentioned: the plumage of both are precisely alike.
About five species have been discovered, most of which are ornamented with a plumage of the brightest scarlet, crimson, or orange, relieved by glossy black.
Darwin thought that the pretty plumage of the males was due to selection on the part of the females.
The hen is an earthy-brown bird, the plumage being tinged with grey above and reddish below.
Even as the coat of many colours brought tribulation upon Joseph of old, so does the much-coveted, multi-hued plumage of the pitta frequently bring death to its possessor.
Young cormorants are not nearly so black as their parents, and do not attain adult plumage till they are four years old.
Grey plumageseems to be inconsistent with fighting propensities.
Its upper plumage is deep indigo; the throat and breast are grey; all the remainder of the lower plumage is white.
Another interesting characteristic of the fly-catchers is the total absence of green in the plumage of any of them.
Its plumage is dirty white, with the exception of the ends of the wing feathers, which are shabby black.
Its upper plumage is a rich reddish brown, changing to cinnamon on some of the quill feathers.
We propose to restore to it its ancient title of feather stitch--"Opus Plumarium," so called from its supposed resemblance to the plumage of a bird.
We have already said that it was so-called from its likeness to the plumage of a bird.
Then she took it gently in her hands and fondled it to her bosom, kissing its bill and smoothing its plumage with her lips.
The Pigeon flew into her hands and she took him and kissed his coral beak and smoothed his gleaming plumage with her lips.
This genus is remarkable for its coloration; parts of the wings and tail, slate or black, the rest of the plumagepale creamy white.
Culmen and gonys nearly straight; tail slightly forked; plumage more or less yellow.
Rectrices long, narrow, and graduated; plumage never glossy nor entirely black; upper mandible with a strong notch near the tip.
Plumage mostly, or entirely, black; upper parts glossed with green or blue.
Young in firstplumage have pale ochraceous shafts to most of the feathers of the upper parts and fan-shaped, ochraceous terminal spots to the wing-coverts.
And beautiful maidens moved down in the dance, With the magic of motion and sunshine of glance And white arms wreathed lightly, and tresses fell free As the plumage of birds in some tropical tree.
The fluttering plumage of the peacocks and lories fanned the air, as they sought repose among the luxuriant foliage of the trees: the silence of the delicious hour knew no interruption, but from the soothing murmurs of innumerable cascades.
As for Perke, a bird was already perched upon his finger, whose plumage resembled spun gold, relieved by an emerald green crest, and patch upon the breast.
In the females especially, the spring-plumage is so variegated as to defy description, the patterns, so to speak, being as elaborate as the tints.
This plumage continues during two or three years--or more: but the original brightness and depth of hue is rapidly lost with age and exposure to the southern sun.
This bird proved to be one of the remarkably handsome pale varieties of Buteo vulgaris, the whole plumage of a warm cream-colour, slightly mottled and splashed above with dark brown; irides dark and claws white.
A magnificent pair they were: their sable-black plumage glossy with purplish iridescent sheen and with snow-white shoulders.
Close overhead hovered graceful Little Gulls (Larus minutus), adults whose dark under-wing contrasted with the snowy breast, others in the marbled plumage of immaturity.
The irides of the oldest individuals are very pale lemon-yellow: the bare skin between the bill and the eye is also yellow, and the whole plumage beautifully suffused with warm pink.
The upper plumageof the young at that date is mottled brown, irides brown.
The latter remained till perfect summer-plumage is attained (by March 21st).
The whole plumage was deep black-brown, the head covered with short downy feathers, and the bird had no offensive smell like the common vultures.
Many birds of varied plumage were singing their songs among the roses, cape jasmines, pride of China, and mimosa trees.
In Florida, cruel men shoot the mother bird on their nests while they are rearing their young, because their plumage is prettiest at that time.
Of all our birds this bears the closest resemblance to the Canary, both in his plumageand in the notes of his song.
His plumage needs no description, since every one is familiar with its colors, as they are seen like flashes of fire among the trees.
He is remarkable for his vivacity, and his bright plumage renders all his movements conspicuous.
During July and August the old birds are moulting, and the young ones have immature plumage and stub tails.
Collect your mammals and birds during the season when their pelage and plumage are at their finest.
I shall never forget how vainly I sought, when a lonesome and isolated amateur, to find somewhere in print some useful information about how to remove grease, dirt, and blood-stains from the plumage of birds.
As has been previously stated, the time to clean the plumage of a bird is while you are making up the fresh skin (Chapter VI.
Very often the plumage of a freshly killed swan, gull, or duck, becomes so covered with dirt, blood, and grease by the time it reaches the taxidermist that it is a sight to behold.
The wings must be carefully placed, the plumage dressed and nicely adjusted, and the finished skin pinned up in a wide strip of thin cotton-cloth, or anything else you please, to keep it in perfect shape until it dries.
The only difficulty experienced was that the water, especially if turned in too fast, would escape through shot-holes and other rents in the skin, thus wetting the plumage in places.
The parrot is not a bird we prize, although its plumage is resplendent with green and purple and gold.
Cultivate that part of your nature that is quick to see the mirthful side of things, so shall you be enabled to shed many of life's troubles, as the plumage of the bird sheds rain.
From that time his fame spread its expansive wings and soared far above those of gayer plumage but of less strength.
Before some of his friends supposed he had mastered the elementary principles of Blackstone he presented himself at the court for examination--was admitted to the Bar and at once exhibited the bright plumage of a successful lawyer.
This is indicated by the fact that the nestlings of the more primitive groups are longitudinally striped, and that young hawks in their first plumage are so striped, while the adults are barred.
But the assumption at the breeding season of a conspicuously brilliant plumage is not always due to a moult.
The cormorants are, so far as is known, the only birds which have a nestling plumage composed entirely of pre-plumulae.
Dwight, "The Sequences of Plumage and Moults of the Passerine Birds of New York," Annals N.
Gadow to distinguish the plumage of the nestling from that of the adult--the "teleoptyle" plumage.
This plumage is worn until the autumn, when the downy feathers give place to the characteristic adult plumage.
Like the last, the Greenland falcon from time to time occurs in the United Kingdom, but it is always to be distinguished by wearing a plumage in which at every age the prevailing colour is pure white.
The black plumage of a common Highland bonnet, which Edwin had purchased at one of the cottages to which he had gone alone to buy a few oaten cakes, hung over the face of his friend.
Lady Mar soon after entered like Juno, in all her plumage of majesty and beauty.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "plumage" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
