Hi, Birders: OK, I confess, I really didn't have any idea what the word 'plumbeous' meant. Finding out became more of a winding adventure than I had anticipated. My newer American Heritage Dictionary did not have the word in it. So, I brought out my Oxford English Dictionary (and the magnif ying glass), and there it was. Explained it meant lead or lead coloured. One of the references u sed was "1874 Coues . Birds of the North West," and the example of usage was "Feather. . . .plumbeous at base and brown at the tip. So, googled Couse and found there was a flycatcher named for him - probably, amo ng other things. Look up Coues' Flycatcher. Not in any books EXCEPT a 1946 edition of Peterson. And then looked at Ken Kauffman field guide, just in case, and there it was referring the reader to Greater Pewee. That I know from Arizona - "Jose Maria" bird. Some of the wing feathers plumbeous at base and brown at tip Summary: Plumbeous means, basically gray (or grey). Personally speaking,I, obviously I have plumbeous hair and my grandmother, at about the same age, could have been called Blue-headed. At that time they rinsed their gray hair to make it whiter and prettier, but it was usually blue. We could have been vireos. Mary Jane Black Denver --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Join us at the 2009 Convention in Alamosa: http://cfo-link.org/convention/index.php You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.as/group/cobirds?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
