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Sentence Examples The coloration of feathers elicits curiosity in the ornithologist and admiration in the birder. A bird needs wings for lift, tail feathers for control and lightweight bones. But these impressive feathers in Jim's adventuring cap have not cured him of wanderlust. She got extra points for her bird bath, which is invaluable especially in winter for birds to keep their feathers clean and fluffy. For the most part, the so-called feather mites live a quiet life, hanging out on the surface of bird feathers, feeding off oil and fungi. As they were going along they found the feathers of different kinds of birds, such as the crane, shitepoke, duck, etc., which they collected. The eerie sound of the air passing through wing feathers differs with each bird, from a low treble, to a high whistle, to one sirenlike whine. Judging from the steamy season 6 promo, the relationship is bound to ruffle some shippers' feathers. The horizontal axis is a bicephalous serpent with mandibles made from jade that symbolize water and feathers. The primitive man initially used berries, nuts, seeds, feathers, perforated stones, teeth, and shells as ornaments. Tight faceting suggests plumage, but those feathers could be forged of sheet metal. I remember the motion of the feathers on that sparrow's wings from the moment I typed this poem for publication in a mimeograph newsletter. We assigned scores of 0 to missing feathers, and scores of 1.0 to newly replaced feathers with flakes of sheathing at their base. The tragopans are horned pheasants with short bills and tail feathers that are shorter than wing length. Instead she merely watched him and admired how the sun reflected off his opaline and topaz colored feathers. Trochilines often have iridescent feathers of metallic red, orange, green and blue. One of four species of vulture found in Europe, bearded vultures earned their name from a small tuft of dark feathers below their beaks. He had been dressed in a jacket trimmed in red feathers and decorated with intricate beadwork. The majority of studies on melanin ornaments cited in Table 1 measured only the size of discrete patches of melanic feathers. The Persian tiara was more similar to a truncated cone, without the horns and feathers but more jewels, and a conic-shaped tip at its top. Show More Sentences There are also bridal accessories such as tiaras, head dresses and jewellery, as well as a large selection of 2003 feathers and hats. The red sash of royalty is made of net work, and thrummed with red and yellow feathers. The parrot was thriving and got very fat but it was running short on feathers. The star of the exhibition is Fuzzy Raptor, a meat-eating dinosaur covered in small, delicate feathers. She wore a cloak about her shoulders that was piled with what looked like swan feathers. The men wear a horned headdress with a tall tuft of feathers and a fringe of cowry shells dangling over their faces. In all cases, we obtained wax extracts from flight feathers, predominantly primaries and secondaries. One or more additional layers of shorter feathers may overlie the proximal parts of the flight primaries and secondaries. The strongly iridescent colors of bird feathers are produced by arrays of melanin granules in the barbules of feathers. The barbules are the tiny feather tip structures that come off of barbs on either side of the central stem of peacock feathers. Bird feathers illustrate optimum design, with their interlocking barbs and barbules resulting in a strong yet extremely light structure. Modern feathers evolved through the stages involving elongated scales that became broken up into barbs and barbules. Downy barbs that were initially sampled from the base of these feathers had microscopic characters that consisted of very long barbules. When they first hatch, young hummingbirds have few feathers and cannot thermoregulate. Black feathers sprout from her head and, like the bird, she is masked with bits of torn fabric bound around her eyes. The nest is either a simple scrape lined with a few twigs and feathers or a large stick nest in a tree. Raja was just 3-weeks-old, bald with no feathers, when he brought him home. Hence, the possession of feathers is unique to birds and defines all members of the class Aves. Occasionally, a bird fluffs feathers and wings in a short flight, before returning to the field of perpetual avian motion. He will be black, not the tawny colour of the female with her beautiful long kookaburra-like, chevron-marked tail feathers. Show More Sentences The European Commission yesterday ordered a ban on all imports of birds and feathers from Turkey amid new fears over avian influenza. Until recently, feathers were the quintessential feature of avians, associated only with flight. This applies to explanations for the evolutionary origin of avian feathers and avian flight. The shop Goya on Calle Jimenez sells toad talismans, owl feathers, stone amulets, candles, gems, and soaps. In May, a processing plant in Carthage Missouri began turning turkey guts, feathers, blood and carcasses into an oil alternative. The white extends out the wings, but the primaries, secondaries, and tail feathers are mottled black-and-white. Boldly dressed in black, brown, and white, males boast long, sharp tail feathers and dazzling display plumage. We then averaged measurements from the right and left tail feather for both original and induced feathers. We assessed the age of birds based on the shape of their outer tail feathers. Its tail and flight feathers are black, and its back and head are dark brown. As part of the preening process, the birds rub a natural oil, which is secreted from a gland at the bottom of their tails, over their feathers. Traces of luminous iridescent blue on his back and sides, even on the sail feathers, highlight the otherwise golden image. This shows the Medici device of a diamond ring with two feathers, as on the Valencian lustred vase in the British Museum. They are supported by patinated bronze bases formed as peacock feathers inset with lustred favrille glass balls. Three plump blackbirds, made all the plumper by the cold-weather attitude of their feathers, sat in a ragged row. This was how, he believed, lungs originally arose in a lungless world, and feathers in a featherless one. About half a mile away, starlight finally hit it, revealing a sleek chestnut brown body with ruffled russet red tail feathers. Do not shy away if the bird hisses at you and fluffs up its feathers, it is only bluffing. The next design was in a flat dish surrounded by birch twigs, asparagus fern, ostrich feathers and white sisal. I know I've stepped over the line and should probably smooth her ruffled feathers. Show More Sentences I muttered darkly, not liking the fact that he so easily smoothed my ruffled feathers. I think this upset him a bit and I had to smooth his ruffled feathers via email. A little lie would indubitably make things all better, smooth Jake's ruffled feathers, and make everything in my life shiny again. He shook his head and laughed in merriment as if to smooth Big Freddie's ruffled feathers. It's this snobbish attitude toward work place interaction that ruffles my feathers. We seem to have at last ruffled their feathers and could be a force to be reckoned with. I felt that I'd ruffled his feathers up enough for the day, or at the very least a few hours. It's been a difficult week for the committee that devised the rules, but not one that ruffled their feathers unduly. Was Hannity trying to ruffle Jensen's feathers, knock him off balance in order to get him to react in anger? The birds become lethargic, with a staggered gait, their feathers are ruffled, and the comb and wattles turn dark red or blackish. It would just sit there, ruffle its clipped wing feathers and continue its neurotic seed shovelling and beak swinging. He stares at me with beady eyes, occasionally ruffling his feathers and tilting his head from side to side. There were the gaudily plumed roseate spoonbills, their bright pink feathers glowing when they passed between my hide and the rising sun. The chickens are coming home to roost and even the inflated stock market is having a hard time avoiding the flurry of feathers. The EU yesterday banned the import of live birds, poultry meat and feathers from Romania for at least six months. It was much larger than it had first appeared, and had dark red and blue feathers covering its limp body. In less than two seconds the Portal was open, a perfect circle, limned eerily by writhing feathers of blue coronal discharge. Among the coelurosaurians, the subgroup of maniraptorans evolved true broad feathers on their limbs. He feathers the stage with his tap-dancing, which is of the light-footed fusillade school. It also has a tiny beak with a large gape, surrounded by stiff feathers called rictal bristles, which help the bird catch its aerial prey. Show More Sentences The fossils indicate the wings had feathers, arranged in a similar pattern to that of modern birds. He attached a single martingale to a colorful bridle with a bundle of myriad feathers on the forehead of the animal. The parrot, which is still missing, has red tail feathers and a blue plastic ring on his foot and answers to the name of Monty. He would feel her pulse, chafe her wrists, apply restoratives and smelling salts, burn feathers under her nose. The Ancona's feathers are black, some being tipped white, giving the bird a pretty mottled appearance. Originally known as Black Leghorns, Anconas have lustrous black feathers, some tipped with white, giving a beautiful mottled appearance. Fairy-wrens build domed nests of grass and bark fibre, lined with soft down from zamia palms, banksia wool or feathers. In addition to communicating through song, larks will raise the crest of feathers in their head during agonistic and courtship displays. Contour feathers lapped over the transmitter, concealing its presence and preserving the bird's hydrodynamic profile as much as possible. The excellent fossil remains of feathers from the several specimens of Archaeopteryx are remiges and rectrices. It has pure white body feathers except for the black alulae, primary techrices and primary remiges. The Otago University's registrar, Augustus Hamilton, had pieced together a skeleton of the extinct bird and even added feathers. He had wrapped the ends of the arrows with green cloth and strips of leather, and trimmed the feathers so that they aligned perfectly. When dry, their feathers do not conduct electricity, but their wrists and wing bones do. I'll have to settle for anything in feathers and sequins, as long as it has a proper wow factor. Gorgeous woven korowai are adorned with feathers from kereru, peahen, pukeko and pheasant. A korowai cloak made with kiwi feathers was draped around the shoulders of the 27-year-old when he arrived at the Supreme Court building. Moments earlier he was presented with a traditional, ceremonial coat, a korowai made of flax and kiwi feathers. When I released it this morning, it merely hunched on the ground beneath a woolly bush, its feathers fluffed up, and grey as the overcast day. The initial lining is made of fine grasses and bark, and then a second lining of feathers, wool, or other animal hair is added. Show More Sentences Although their habitat is warmer than that of emperor penguins, king penguins have four layers of feathers and huddle together for warmth. It had just a few little wispy feathers growing out of it, which made it look even more eerie. His are fantasies with hanging beads and wisps of feathers and leather straps as thin as ribbon. With a three-foot wingspan and two long, streaming tail feathers, these birds are easy to recognize. The crow preened its feathers and took wing again, gliding away into the trees. Among the tissues preserved in the paper shales are delicate feathers, flower parts, hair, insect wings, and scales. Birds have feathers, which are unfeeling structures, whereas the pterosaur's wings were made entirely out of skin. Swans are caught and their wings' flight feathers are clipped, or pinioned. In fact, it reminded me of a pintail duck in the way its primaries, the ten outermost feathers of the wing, seemed to do all the flying. The male's body plumage is glossy black, and the wings and tail feathers are white. Besides having forelimbs that resemble the wings of modern birds, the animal sported long feathers from thigh to foot on each hind limb. Very graceful it was too, like a blue bird of prey but without feathers or wings or talons or any other bird features, come to think of it. Anhimids are strong, soaring flyers with the big wings and substantial feathers necessary for that lifestyle. The feathers on their wings and tails are bright blue with white and black bands. The airy feathers on her wings bristled suddenly, and she turned an alarmed glance to the ceiling. Head pieces also came to be called aigrettes if they had other feathers in them. Strictly, the exoskeleton is restricted to keratinous elements such as horns, nails, claws, hairs, feathers, etc. A plasma blast tore past him, close enough that he caught a whiff of burnt feathers. Asymmetrical patches of growing feathers were considered adventitious replacement and not scored as molt. He also was very adept at picking up on people's weaknesses and teasing them, ruffling some feathers. Show More Sentences Rather than packing a sad about the apparent diss, she said she was happy to ruffle the singer's feathers. Nests are open cups made of weeds, grass, plant fibers, and moss, with a lining of fur and feathers. When a Swazi princess weds a Zulu king, she wears red touraco wing feathers around her forehead and a cape of windowbird feathers and ox tails. That ruffles feathers on a council whose performance most Monday nights, let's be honest, will fix the insomnia that's troubling you in a jiffy. Male asities enlarge their wattles when they display to females and their outer primary feathers produce a buzzing sound when they fly. When the quills begin to loosen, the bird removes them and is then ready to care for the new feathers. The instinct is to jam on the brakes, but the driver who best feathers the brakes and corners smoothly will be the one winning. Only warm-blooded animals have an insulating body covering, such as hair or feathers. Hand-crafted objects are made in wood, leather, horn, metal, stone, mineral, clay, cloth, and feathers. She is winged, and her feathers, mane and tail are all colors. Male has grey plumage with silvery flight feathers and rusty vent. Are these feathers legitimate, or is the whole thing an abnormity? Hepplewhite is most associated with pierced and shield-back chairs often with wheels, lyres, or Prince of Wales feathers, and painted or japanned work of gold on black. We may now return to the Calle Pureza, and the waster that is a variant of Type II, that is to say with the diamond and feathers, but with a plant motif in the center. In the spring, the male attracts females by gobbling, puffing his feathers, spreading his tail, swelling his face wattles, and drooping his wings. Gangly yet beautifully coloured with its bright indigo feathers, glossy black wings, and vivid red beak and legs, the pukeko is a member of the same family as the weka. Her long, dark hair flew out behind her like a raven's feathers. It takes a lot to ruffle my feathers, but they really get on my wick. In medieval Europe, scribes used trimmed feathers from the wings of large birds and various inks to mark a set of alphabetic letters on parchment skins. The problem with using baited feathers is that invariably the fish will spin as you reel them in, especially if you pick up an occasional pouting as well. Show More Sentences It had nothing to do with demonstrating how the genetic information coding for feathers could have arisen in the imagined reptilian ancestors of birds. Let us consider first the simpler explanation of a series of morphological evolutionary changes in the evolution of avian feathers from reptilian scales. The 18-year-old strutted down the runway Monday in an edgy, off-the-shoulder, red-and-black tweed ensemble accented with feathers. Above, the king, protected by Isis, makes the offering of his anaglyph to Khonsu, who now wears the feathers that are more characteristic of Montu. After all, it's easy to be an angel if nobody ruffles your feathers. Spilling from the old vehicle were hippies of all eras decked out in tie-dye and top hats bejeweled with feathers and beads. A group of ducks were bobbing off to the right, dipping their heads beneath the surface and returning seconds later, with beads of water rolling off their waxy feathers. Then it stood tall, unfolding its wings to their full fan of circle and began to shimmer the wing feathers, so that they scattered sunlight like jewels. Burlesque artists are often in it for the costumes, spending what they earn on fabric, feathers, and crystals. He plucked them and flushed the feathers carefully, so as not to block up the toilets and draw attention. This is misleading for everyone, and particularly offensive to those who have earned the honor of wearing their feathers. I wear a floppy bonnet with peacock feathers and whisper Hail Marys under my breath until noon, when I break for snacks. A woody hillside, populated by my pet chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, and guinea fowl, trying to find their missing feathers. This year, the artists showcased their talent with birds for a theme competition, each displaying the delicate feathers of every bird, from eagles to loons. They think this high profile meeting in London will ruffle his feathers. All of this speculation has clearly ruffled Parker's feathers a little. His sequined catsuit strutting beneath a bubble coat dusted with feathers had the audience applauding with approval. Sons Justin, 12, and Conor, 9, plan to spend most of the day fishing for trout, using their homemade poles and flies fashioned from chicken and sage grouse feathers. The male differs greatly from the female in colour, and in the form of its tail, which is lyrate, or has the outer feathers longer and curved outwards. Of the many sexually selected male traits now recognized, some of the classic examples most often cited are the elongated tail feathers of a number of bird species. Show More Sentences My husband and I were wandering through the city one slow summer Saturday, when suddenly there was an avalanche of music, colour, satin, sequins, balloons and feathers. One by one, live birds are hung by the feet on a moving line of hooks called shackles and mechanically stunned, decapitated, and scalded to remove the feathers. No one is quite sure how these cells differentiate to form structures as diverse as the elastic outer layer of skin, the stiff scales of fish, or the softness of feathers. The massive and gaudy tail feathers of the Peacock are the tetrices or coverts, the retrices are brown and relatively short and are used to support the fan. I am currently using turkey feathers to fletch with, after spending half a day on a commercial turkey farm plucking wing feathers as the birds went into the slaughter house. Stretch was a bald chicken that Moose had plucked all the feathers off. Sometimes birds will get feather mites and all their feathers will get eaten away by the mites and the birds are bald until they grow in new ones. A collection standout was a strapless nude dress, covered in feathers and Swarovski jewels. The male blackbird resumed his perch, his inky feathers drying in the bright sun as he continued his vigil. Critics of the theropod hypotheses usually advocate a thecodont origin of birds, an aerodynamic origin of feathers, and an arboreal origin of flight. If no later birds had evolved, Archaeopteryx would be classified as a feathered theropod, assuming we understood feathers in the absence of birds. Careful brushstrokes detail a beady eye, feathers, beak and claws. The fleur-de-lis symbolizes France, where the unit saw its first combat experience during World War I, while the feathers denote the conflicts in which the unit participated. The girl looked at her surroundings and became aware for the first time that around her were dead birds of unknown species, naked of their feathers. The latter was given in full war paint and feathers, to the music of native drums and was accompanied by the usual brandishing of tomahawks and scalping knives. In both pattern books and extant artifacts, quilted feathers resemble the gadrooned edgings of seventeenth-and eighteenth-century furniture and fine metalwares. The feathers on the metatarsals were lost on the back wings. Digestive tonic properties and early experimental findings that its long-term use promotes the heart and vascular system are other feathers in the cap for this herb. Her range of styles is unified by her use of shells, seeds and feathers. Chinese fan history dates back to ancient times when feathers and leaves were utilized to provide shields from sunshine or were woven as tools for cooling. Show More Sentences The gamekeeper contracted bird fancier's lung, a serious disease contracted from working in a closed environment with the birds' feathers and droppings. Some traditional shamanic headgear had animal hides, plaits, and feathers, particularly in East Sapmi. Common natural fibres for rope are manila hemp, hemp, feathers, linen, cotton, coir, jute, straw, and sisal. Closer to the body, those feathers have a ribbonlike shape but no central shaft. Generally, the gills are rather like feathers in shape, although some species have gills with filaments on only one side. Because feathers are often associated with birds, feathered dinosaurs are often touted as the missing link between birds and dinosaurs. Wales play in scarlet jerseys, white shorts and green socks, with the jersey sporting the Prince of Wales's feathers as their official badge. Carla Dove and her team will identify remains, using samples of blood, feathers, skin, and snarge collected and sent to the lab. After surgery, the birds in the transmitter group spent more time preening tail feathers than those in the control and celiotomy groups. Feathery flower spikes develop in June, similar to Celosia, also known as Prince of Wales feathers. We defined a scoter nest as a depression with either down, eggs, or contour feathers identified as White-winged or Surf scoter. George was half through a hole in the fence losing many feathers to Red, who was trying to help him back into the pen. Some sources state that cormorants have waterproof feathers while others say that they have water permeable feathers. Any good undercover agent ruffled a few feathers in the front office, and Jake more often than not upset the entire henhouse. All of her outfits are made from recycled fabrics onto which she embroiders and tie-dyes and adds feathers, sequins and beads. Here, fourhanded Visnu is seen seated on Garuda who has a human body with curly hair and leaf-like feathers. All cormorants have preen gland secretions that are used ostensibly to keep the feathers waterproof. Pack contains threading pom poms, striped chenille stems, glitter chenille stems, EVA foam sheets, wiggly eyes, feathers, foam shapes. The Atlantic puffin burrow is usually lined with material such as grass, leaves and feathers but is occasionally unlined. The white primary flight feathers contrast with the black wing tips and dark secondaries. Show More Sentences The Italian Bersaglieri light infantry regiments wear a distinctive wide brimmed hat decorated with black capercaillie feathers. Larger than a willow warbler, with silvery-fringed wing feathers, its name comes from the Greek for yellowish. Structural origin of the brown color of barbules in male peacock tail feathers. The body feathers are dark grey to dark brown, while the breast feathers are dark metallic green. Their quill feathers are not soft like those of other owls, so they make a swishing sound as they fly. More spectacularly, the end of Protoarchaeopteryxs tail sported a fan of feathers that are vaned, suggesting the presence of barbules. The bride's birdcage veil, made by her mother, consisted of Russian veiling and ostrich and coque feathers adorned with a silk peony and pearls. I shall appear at the masquerade dressed up in my feathers, that the quality may see how pretty they will look in their travelling habits. Suddenly I feel myself become small as a swanling, tucked into the swan's feathers. The feathers strip off much more easily and cleanly while the bird is yet warm. He is high as a kite on Fair Trade espressos and spitting feathers that Ted Nicholls is apparently having some sort of comeback. I was just about spitting feathers. My throat was so dry and sore that I could barely feel my own tongue. Individuals have a subcutaneous fat layer, dense down and tightly overlapping feathers that help them withstand low temperatures. The gift was much appreciated by four legs and feathers including red pandas, sakis, spider monkeys, lemurs, chimps and macaws. From the fifth week they are covered in dark brown feathers flecked with white. The crest is a Cornish chough, and Cornish choughs holding ostrich feathers are found as supporters. But the favorite pet was Grandfather's myna, a lively bird with rich brown feathers and a yellow bill. Nests are concealed by low vegetation, and may be lightly lined by weeds, grass, or feathers. Owls belonging to genus Asio are known as the eared owls, as they have tufts of feathers resembling mammalian ears. He worked out that the sound was created by placing out two tail feathers at 90 degrees to the direction of flight. Show More Sentences In living birds, the remaining caudal vertebrae are fused into a further bone, the pygostyle, for attachment of the tail feathers. They have dense plumage with a large preen gland for waterproofing their feathers. The upper wings have pale primary patches, and the primary flight feathers are also paler when viewed from below. During spring, barring on the underwings and flight feathers is a better indicator of a young bird, due to wear on the upperparts. More rarely, yarn may be spun from camel, yak, possum, musk ox, cat, dog, wolf, rabbit, or buffalo hair, and even turkey or ostrich feathers. The chick's downy coat of feathers formed almost immediately to keep it warm. Americans used this right to transport products such as flour, tobacco, pork, bacon, lard, feathers, cider, butter, and cheese. All 3 African birds in this group have long outer tail feathers, racqueted in C. spatulata. Then there are the phobes whose fear of birds is combined with a fear of feathers, pteronophobia. The probable source of the failure was the mass of feathers in the intake manifold. The feathers are waterproof, which allows the birds to spend long periods in water. Warriors bore wooden or animal hide shields decorated with feathers and animal skins. When feather fluffing, they contract their muscles to raise their feathers to increase the air space next to their skin. Common ostriches have developed a comprehensive set of behavioural adaptations for thermoregulation, such as altering their feathers. The common ostrich is farmed around the world, particularly for its feathers, which are decorative and are also used as feather dusters. In 2016, it was reported that a dinosaur tail with feathers had been found enclosed in amber. Wild birds impact many human activities while domesticated birds are important sources of eggs, meat, feathers and other products. The blade emerges from the water square and feathers immediately once clear of the water. Kings and chiefs sometimes went into battle wearing helmets adorned with eagle feathers. Tennis balls were originally made of cloth strips stitched together with thread and stuffed with feathers. Show More Sentences Bird skins are prepared by retaining the key bones of the wings, leg and skull along with the skin and feathers. Certain species of passerines have stiff tail feathers, which help the birds balance themselves when perching upon vertical surfaces. Emperor penguins have four overlapping layers of feathers, keeping them warm. Though ye haue lien among the pots, yet shall yee bee as the wings of a doue, couered with siluer, and her feathers with yellow gold. The pigeon rocked itself backwards and forwards on the bough, swelling out its breast feathers and laying its coralline beak upon them. When we evacuated they said it was a bird strike and I saw blood and feathers along the fuselage. The rockhopper penguin has distinctive feathers around the eyes, giving the appearance of elaborate eyelashes. First, the dull coloration of their feathers can render them almost invisible under certain conditions. Nesting birds pluck some of their own feathers to line the nest, but feather plucking in pet birds is entirely different. Tripods, keister and loud talk don't make a pitchman any more than do fine feathers make fine birds. Owls can struggle to keep warm, because of their lack of waterproofing, so large numbers of downy feathers help them to retain body heat. The feather adaption that allows silent flight means that barn owl feathers are not waterproof. The surface of the flight feathers is covered with a velvety structure that absorbs the sound of the wing moving. The male black grouse's tail feathers are a traditional ornament for hats in areas such as Scotland and the Alps. They soon develop feathers and can fly shortly before they are two weeks old. Birds initially developed wings and feathers as a means of heat regulation. The use of wings for flight is an example of exaptation. House sparrows sleep with the bill tucked underneath the scapular feathers. The male is duller in fresh nonbreeding plumage, with whitish tips on many feathers. This is used while preening and helps in plumage maintenance by reducing bacterial degradation of feathers by feather bacilii. They also tend to drop the tail feathers when preyed upon or under traumatic conditions, probably as a distraction mechanism. Show More Sentences The rawhide bow guard was laced up inside, trimmed with silver buttons, feathers, and paint. The body feathers have dense, fluffy bases and are loosely attached to the skin, hence they drop out easily. The tail has a black band on the end and the outer web of the tail feathers are margined with white. In 2000, two researchers in Italy reported that droppings from the giant noctule bat contained bits of bird feathers. Persecution by anglers and to provide feathers for fishing flies were common in earlier decades, but are now largely a thing of the past. The scapular feathers are elongated and the feathers at the base of the neck are also somewhat elongated. The waxwings are a group of passerine birds characterised by soft, silky plumage and unique red tips to some of the wing feathers. The dens are usually lined with moss plants, thistledown, dried grass, and feathers. These items were often ornamented with quills and bird feathers, and men sometimes wore the scalps of enemies. Tail brown tipped broadly with white, outermost feathers white with brown outerweb. In the 19th century, the hunting of seabirds for fat deposits and feathers for the millinery trade reached industrial levels. This dense plumage is better able to protect the bird from getting wet, and cold is kept out by a dense layer of down feathers. In New Guinea, mountain hunters target the black sicklebill and birds of paradise, which are prized both for their showy feathers and as food. However, compared to land birds, they have far more feathers protecting their bodies. For example, eagles, hawks and their feathers have great cultural and spiritual value to Native Americans as religious objects. The badge, inspired by the Prince of Wales's feathers, has three white feathers adorning the centre of a disc with the Flag of St David on. As the logo of the WRU, the Prince of Wales' feathers are also represented in one of the quarters of the British and Irish Lions' badge. The prince also used badges of one or more ostrich feathers in a number of other contexts. It wasn't the first feathered dinosaur discovered, but it was the first tyrannosaur ever found with primitive feathers. The Prince of Wales's feathers is the heraldic badge of the Prince of Wales. Show More Sentences Nestlings are covered in pale buff down feathers, shading to whitish on the belly. In the early 20th century, razorbills were harvested for eggs, meat and feathers. The hoatzin is a very colorful bird with a blue head, a tuft of feathers standing up on the head, and an orange iris in the eye. Body or contour feathers cover down feathers to provide a smooth and waterproof surface. This species has a horizontal stance and the tail feathers are slightly longer in the center in comparison to other alcids. In 1853, a woman wearing a dress made of cormorant feathers was found on San Nicolas Island, off the southern coast of California. The badge, known as the Prince of Wales's feathers, consists of three white feathers emerging from a gold coronet. Willamette Wildlife Rehabilitation volunteer Susannah Lindquist holds a rock dove while director Reta Anderson works to remove foam insulation from its feet and feathers. He wore a magnificent overrobe of iridescent green silk, embroidered with orange feathers and gold starbursts along the hem and sleeves and neckline. Of particular note have been the fossils of the Yixian Formation, where a variety of theropods and early birds have been found, often with feathers of some type. The wings are long and broad, suitably shaped for soaring and gliding flight, and have the unusually large number of 30 to 35 secondary flight feathers. The Audubon Society was started to protect birds from the growing trade in feathers in the United States while the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds began in Britain. Large birds exhibit several remigial replacement strategies detectable within a year and between years by wear patterns, contrasting feather appearance, and retained feathers. Oil spills are also a threat to seabird species, as both a toxin and because the feathers of the birds become saturated by the oil, causing them to lose their waterproofing. The peafowl is considered sacred in Hindu mythology and is portrayed as a carrier of deities, and its ocellated tail feathers appear in many religious symbols. A shaft hath three principal parts, the stele, the feathers, and the head. Tips of maribou feathers are used whole for the wings of streamer flies. As they preen, birds may ingest the oil coating their feathers, irritating the digestive tract, altering liver function, and causing kidney damage. In order to prevent the ravens from flying away, their flight feathers are trimmed so that they cannot fly in a straight line for any appreciable distance. The feathers making up this disc can be adjusted to sharply focus sounds from varying distances onto the owls' asymmetrically placed ear cavities. Find more words! 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