Also a great variety of tropical marine birds including rufescent tiger-heron (Tigrisoma lineatum), wood stork (Mycteria americana), and horned screamer (Anhima cornuta) are just a few species present in this ecoregion, not to mention invertebrates such as shrimp, crabs and mollusks. From Wordnik.com. [Gulf of Guayaquil-Tumbes mangroves] Reference
Among the bird species the following are the commonest: military macaw Ara militaris (VU), rufescent tinamu Crypturellus cinnamomeus, spot‑bellied bobwhite Colinus leucopogon, great curassow Crax rubra, crested guan Penelope purpurascens, blue‑winged teal Anas discors, roseate spoonbill Ajaia ajaja, thick knee Burhinus bistriatus, jabiru Jabiru mycteria (VU), ibis Eudocimus albus and laughing falcon Herpetotheres cachinans. From Wordnik.com. [Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica] Reference
The rufescent ant has lost even the very power of feeding itself. From Wordnik.com. [Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science] Reference
Blyth seems to think that this animal gets more rufescent with age, judging from two examples sent from Mergui. From Wordnik.com. [Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon] Reference
Above dusky slate colour with rufescent tips to the fur; beneath paler, with a faint rufous tinge about the breast. From Wordnik.com. [Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon] Reference
Light greyish rufescent brown above, white beneath; ears short, hidden by the fur and hairy; feet whitish; tail rufescent brown. From Wordnik.com. [Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon] Reference
Eggs three or four, rosy or faint purplish white, thickly sprinkled with specks and spots of darker rufescent purple or claret colour. From Wordnik.com. [The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1] Reference
The eggs are usually three in number, of a rosy or purplish white, sprinkled over rather numerously with deep claret or rufescent purple specks and spots. From Wordnik.com. [The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1] Reference
The rufescent ant, in fact, is a purely military caste, which has devoted itself entirely to the pursuit of arms, leaving every other form of activity to its slaves and dependents. From Wordnik.com. [Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science] Reference
General colour above hoary brown, distinctly rufescent or fawn on the upper hind neck and above the shoulders, darker on the loins, with a dark line extending along the ridge of tail to the tip. From Wordnik.com. [Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon] Reference
The colour varies according to the soil, but in general fawn brown, more or less rufescent -- those from the valley of the Ganges being darker than those from the ferruginous soil of other parts. From Wordnik.com. [Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon] Reference
I made the following notes regarding them: Fur very fine, close and silky, rufescent brown, more rufous on the head, isabelline below; feet flesh-coloured, hinder ones large, much larger than those of the. From Wordnik.com. [Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon] Reference
In one specimen, allowing for the effects of the spirit, the fur was a bright rufescent brown; but, whatever be the tint of the prevailing colour, it pervades the whole body, being but slightly paler on the under-parts. From Wordnik.com. [Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon] Reference
"Light rufescent sandy brown, paler beneath; unusually well clad even on the feet and tail, this last being covered with shortish fur having numerous long hairs intermixed; form very robust; basal portion of tail very thick.". From Wordnik.com. [Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon] Reference
"Blackish-brown, with a rufescent shade on the upper parts; abdomen greyish; tail equal in length to the entire animal, exclusive of the head, gradually tapering to a point; snout greatly attenuated. From Wordnik.com. [Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon] Reference
The Swiss rufescent ant is. From Wordnik.com. [Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science] Reference
It is dull white or tan color or rufescent. From Wordnik.com. [Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.] Reference
General tone of plumage olivaceous. rufescent. From Wordnik.com. [Hormones and Heredity] Reference
Above greyish rufescent (tawny snuff brown. From Wordnik.com. [Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon] Reference
Fur, long, soft uniform blackish -- faint rufescent tinge. From Wordnik.com. [Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon] Reference
"General hue rufescent, mixed with blackish on the back and head; ears brownish anteriorly, white at the base, and the tip brown; neck, breast, flanks and limbs more or less dark sandy rufescent, unmottled; nape pale sandy rufescent; tail rufous above, white beneath; upper lip small; eye-mark, chin, throat, and lower parts pure white.". From Wordnik.com. [Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon] Reference
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