gpasq@picuxa.UUCP (Greg Pasquariello X1190) (01/16/89)
In article <1264@infinet.UUCP> thebaut@infinet.UUCP (Suzanne Thebaut) writes: -In article <486@deimos.cis.ksu.edu> hansen@harris.cis.ksu.edu (Steve Hansen) writes: ->from Webster's New Twentieth Century Dictionary Unabridged, 1979: -> -> flammulated: having a red tinge; ruddy: said of the plumage of birds - -While we are (sort of) on the subject: - -What color is 'rufous' (sp?)..??? - -Is it brown, reddish brown, what? - -Thanks. - ---Suzanne. Rufous is a reddish brown, like the sides of a rufous-sided towhee. Rufous is also the "pet" name of my wife Ruth :-). By the way, rufous is also the color of the streaking on the two saw-whet owls my friend and I found at Jamaica Bay this weekend. One was perched only four feet away, at eye level, and looked like a small gnome. Greg -- ============================================================================= Dirt is the mother o' lunch Greg Pasquariello AT&T/EDS att!picuxa!gpasq =============================================================================