ferruginous

• We now come to large masses of haematite, which is often ferruginous: there is conglomerate too, many quartz pebbles being intermixed. —  The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I
• He writes of it: "Females and young have the lower parts white, or but faintly tinted with ferruginous, and the rest of the coat is of a pure grey; the face black, and there is no crest, but the hairs of the crown are so disposed as to appear like a small flat cap laid upon the top of the head. —  Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon
• The Chestnut-bellied Assam Squirrel HABITAT.--Assam; also in the Malayan peninsula DESCRIPTION.--Upper parts of the body, with base of tail yellowish-rufous, punctulated with yellow and black; the lower parts deep ruddy ferruginous or chestnut; feet, tail (which is bushy) and whiskers black Dr. Anderson, however, mentions several varieties. —  Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon
• Lower parts ferruginous, paler on the breast; middle of back very dark, with a narrow bright fulvous streak in the middle, reaching from between the shoulders to near the tail, and an obscure shorter stripe on either side, barely reaching to the croup; tail ferruginous along the centre, the hairs margined with black, with white tips; a narrower black band near the base of each hair; tip of tail black, forming a pencil tuft three inches long. —  Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon
• Paxillus (spores are ferruginous or dingy white 13. —  Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners

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