fuscous

• 31 HABITAT.--India generally DESCRIPTION.--"Ears oval, with many distinct folds, naked except at the base; tragus securiform; fur thick, close, fuscous-black; or dark fuscous-brown above; beneath paler, except on the throat, the hairs being conspicuously tipped with grey, the upper hairs being all white at their base; face nude, and the membrane dark brownish-black" (_Jerdon_). —  Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon
• We found it oftener than any other species of Amanita AMANITA NITIDA = to shine The Shining Amanita Cap+ whitish, 3 to 4 inches broad, somewhat compact, at first hemispherical, covered with angular, adhering warts, which become a dark color (fuscous.) —  Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners
• It is of a pale yellowish color, becoming a dusky brown (fuscous) when bruised. —  Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners
• The number of cells forming the base, or dilated part varies, but is always small in proportion to the larger ramenta, or protecting scales: these last have a single terminal cell, which in fact must be the same in every really cellular growth sooner or later_, the last degree of formative power being the production of a single cell At a subsequent period, still an early one, the terminal cell is fuscous- brown, and this colour then extends to the next in various degrees, but if it reaches the basilar ones at all, it does so at late periods. —  Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries
• New forms consist of a fine Tortula and an Anictangioid, with leaves white, and membranous from the middle upwards Birds, a black and white Erythaca, eyes fuscous-brown; the wood pigeon; a jay, which is a beautiful bird, irides light brown; a small woodpecker, with a greenish subcrest; the Parus_; a thrush not obtained; Parus caerulens; a pretty red-crowned small Fringilla, eyes light brown; common crow, chakor, bearded vulture; a wren, not obtained, with irides light brown, but with exactly the manners of Troglodytis. —  Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries

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