dark-backed

“In the shadows swam dark-backed fish, and the fish invited the attention of bears.”

Genellan- Planetfall

“Here first the priestess set in line four dark-backed heifers, and pours wine upon their brows; then, plucking the topmost bristles from between the horns, lays them on the sacred fire for first offering, calling aloud on Hecate, supreme both in Heaven and in Hell.”

Selections from the _Aeneid_

“Doubtful if he shall think it the Genius of the ground or his father's ministrant, he slays, as is fit, two sheep of two years old, as many swine and dark-backed steers, pouring the while cups of wine, and calling on the soul of great”

The Aeneid of Virgil

“Helbeck was conscious of it all; his eye and ear were on the watch for the signs of growth, and for the birds that haunted the river, the dipper on the stone, the grey wagtail slipping to its new nest in the bank, the golden-crested wren, or dark-backed creeper moving among the thorns.”

Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume I

“[Illustration: Yellow-Rumped Warbler.] "It must be that dark-backed bird with a yellow spot on his tail, that gobbles all the bayberries -- and eats the poison-ivy berries too," said”

Citizen Bird Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginners

“Yes, I see that you know him; 'that dark-backed bird with a yellow spot on his tail' is not a bad description of the Myrtle”

Citizen Bird Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginners