You can see the peacock's colorful plumage when it raises and spreads its tail like a fan. From LearnThat.org.
The plumage is a rich colouring of chestnut, barred with black. From Wordnik.com. [The Illustrated London Reading Book] Reference
The plumage is a reddish brown, with a dark horseshoe on the breast. From Wordnik.com. [Expedition into Central Australia] Reference
Our plumage is a mottled brown -- the same color of the bark on which we rest. From Wordnik.com. [Birds Illustrated by Color Photography [May, 1897] A Monthly Serial designed to Promote Knowledge of Bird-Life] Reference
These young males are identified by their plumage, which is predominantly red. From Wordnik.com. [Armageddon on the Streets] Reference
The plumage is a dirty white, except the edges of the wing feathers, which are shabby black. From Wordnik.com. [Birds of the Indian Hills] Reference
This stands out in sharp contrast to the remainder of the plumage, which is as white as snow. From Wordnik.com. [Birds of the Indian Hills] Reference
His plumage is a rich empurpled black, and the beak, both mandibles of which are curved at the tips, is red. From Wordnik.com. [A Voyage round the World A book for boys] Reference
The King-Fisher excels ours in nothing but in the beauty of its plumage, which is as various as the rainbow. From Wordnik.com. [History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing] Reference
The head, neck, and breast are black, and the remainder of the plumage is a beautiful blue with handsome white markings. From Wordnik.com. [Birds of the Indian Hills] Reference
A number of these birds are kept in Zuñi for the sake of their plumage, which is highly valued for ceremonial purposes. From Wordnik.com. [Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891] Reference
Their plumage was a rich chocolate, suffused over neck, breast, and back with intense crimson, while the pileum was quite black. From Wordnik.com. [Birds of the Rockies] Reference
Sickness in birds may be diagnosed from their plumage, which is ruffled when they are sickly instead of lying smooth as when they are well. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Animals] Reference
The males plumage is far more spectacular. From Wordnik.com. [Field & Stream] Reference
"satin-bower," so called from its glossy plumage, which is green while the bird is young and jet black at maturity. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 87, March, 1875] Reference
"The difficulty is to bring them down without hurting their plumage, which is extremely delicate. From Wordnik.com. [Nat the Naturalist A Boy's Adventures in the Eastern Seas] Reference
Birds of Paradise, who, because their plumage is a modest brown, are not allowed to take part in the Beauty Dance. ". From Wordnik.com. [Policeman Bluejay] Reference
I understand what has ruffled your pretty plumage. From Wordnik.com. [Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus] Reference
Peacocks have lots of plumage because chicks (pun intended) dig it. From Wordnik.com. [Gregory Unruh: Sustainable Consumption: The Peacock's Dilemma] Reference
The Emperor awakes early, Senators gather, military men put on plumage. From Wordnik.com. [Jesse Kornbluth: The Wisest, Most Relevant Novel About 9/11 Was Published in 1980] Reference
His voice displayed itself like a peacock's plumage, and died in spasms of. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Like peacocks, we're social animals and we are replete with our own plumage. From Wordnik.com. [Gregory Unruh: Sustainable Consumption: The Peacock's Dilemma] Reference
The male peacock's extravagant plumage is a conundrum for evolutionary biologists. From Wordnik.com. [Gregory Unruh: Sustainable Consumption: The Peacock's Dilemma] Reference
Urban duck populations are already producing countless new variations in colors and plumage. From Wordnik.com. [The New Jungles] Reference
Heidi introduces Philip Treacy, the British milliner responsible for all of this head plumage. From Wordnik.com. [Una LaMarche: Project Runway Episode 4 Recap: That Darn Hat] Reference
A peacocks 'feathers will eventually biodegrade and become the raw materials for the next generation's plumage. From Wordnik.com. [Gregory Unruh: Sustainable Consumption: The Peacock's Dilemma] Reference
Clinging to life their plumage, dressed and tied, flaps like wings on baby birds preparing to leave the nest. From Wordnik.com. [Kamikaze Birdsongs] Reference
And underneath the plumage, teens seem to be more interested in getting ahead in the world than in clearing up its injustices. From Wordnik.com. [A Much Riskier Passage] Reference
She stood out from the crowd because she wore a dress of pure white; it glowed like the plumage of a heron against a backdrop of blue. From Wordnik.com. [The Fox in the Garden] Reference
Not like these parrots, plumage like firecrackers exploding, their bodies heavy as crows, overfed as they are by the untended orchards. From Wordnik.com. [Post] Reference
You get to sort of recognize the plumage, the colors, the shape, the behavior of the portrait, you know, and the posture and what have you. From Wordnik.com. [Philip Mould, 'The Art Detective'] Reference
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