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unusual facts about Buff-winged Cinclodes


Buff-winged Cinclodes

It was formerly considered the nominate subspecies of the Bar-winged Cinclodes.


1907 Kingston earthquake

After the earthquake tsunami were observed along much of the north coast of Jamaica at Hope Bay, Port Antonio, Orange Bay, Sheerness Bay, Saint Ann's Bay, Buff Bay, Port Maria and Annotto Bay; there were also some reports of waves along the south coast.

Africa Star

The sand of the desert is represented by pale buff, the Royal Navy (and Merchant Navy), British Army, and Royal Air Force are represented by stripes of dark blue, red, and light blue respectively.

Agrius godarti

It is similar to Agrius convolvuli, but there is slight sexual dimorphism (the forewing of the female is paler than that of the male), the lateral abdominal spots are buff (not pink) and the hindwing upperside pale bands are buff (not grey).

American Cocker Spaniel

A parti-colored American Cocker Spaniel named Dot was one of several dogs owned by Rutherford B. Hayes; and a buff colored dog named Feller caused a scandal for Harry S. Truman when the dog was received as an unwanted gift with the President subsequently giving it away to a White House physician.

Bourbon Red

The bird originated in Kentucky and Pennsylvania in the late 19th century, and was created by crossing Buff, Standard Bronze, and White Holland Turkeys.

Brass Hat

Bred and raced by Fred F. Bradley of Frankfort, Kentucky, Brass Hat is trained by his son William "Buff" Bradley.

Brian Rafalski

On a similar note, Rafalski has said during an interview that he is a political buff and frequently listens to Glenn Beck and other talk show hosts, with notable stances taken on issues such as taxation.

British Urban Film Festival

The 2010 festival marked BUFF's 5th anniversary with the screening of 'Sus', based on the original stageplay written by Barrie Keeffe and starring Clint Dyer (who also co-produced the movie), Rafe Spall (who went onto star in the BBC 2 drama series 'The Shadow Line', Ralph Brown ('Withnail and I', 'Huge') and Anjela Lauren Smith ('Babymother', 24 Hours in London).

Buff Cobb

By that time the program had gone from radio to become the pioneering CBS television talk show Mike and Buff.

Buff-bellied Hummingbird

It prefers pine-oak forests, semi-arid scrub and thickets along watercourses.

Buff-breasted Buttonquail

Sites identified by BirdLife International as being important for Buff-breasted Buttonquail conservation are the Iron and McIlwraith Ranges, and the Morehead River of Far North Queensland.

Reports describe this species as dependent on grassy woods made up of Melaleuca, Acacia, Alphitonia and Tristania.

Buff-headed Coucal

For example, in Touo, Roviana and Marovo, the adult is called mozu, nao and ao, respectively, while the names for the juveniles are sagaza, sengenge and chehohu.

Buff, Smith and Hensman

He studied at Texas A&M University and Pasadena City College before receiving his degree in architecture at the University of Southern California in 1945.

Conrad served in the Navy in WWII at a base in Maryland, which was where he met his wife Elizabeth (Libby), a skipper's yeoman in the WAVES; film editor Conrad Buff IV is their son.

The Buff, Straub, and Hensman firm's masterwork was Case Study House #20, the Saul Bass House (Altadena, 1958).

Chestnut-winged Cinclodes

It was formerly considered a subspecies of the Bar-winged Cinclodes.

Coat of arms of New Jersey

According to the minutes of the New Jersey General Assembly for March 11, 1896, the date on which the Assembly officially approved the flag as the state emblem, the buff color is due indirectly to George Washington, who had ordered on October 2, 1779, that the uniform coats of the New Jersey Continental Line be dark (Jersey) blue, with buff facings.

Crawford Market

The structure was built using coarse buff coloured Kurla stone, with redstone from Bassein.

Drakensberg

There is one bird that is endemic to the high peaks, the Mountain Pipit (Anthus hoeschi), while another six are found mainly here: Bush Blackcap (Lioptilus nigricapillus), Buff-streaked Chat (Oenanthe bifasciata), Rudd's Lark (Heteromirafra ruddi), Drakensberg Rockjumper (Chaetops aurantius), Yellow-breasted Pipit (Anthus chloris), and Drakensberg Siskin (Serinus symonsi).

East Palo Alto, California

A few notable Bay Area Hip-Hop artists are of East Palo Alto origin, including Sean T, Hefna Gwap, Da Banga, S.I.C, Mac & AK, The Youngen, Chunk, Buff & Law (Block Boys), Bigg Rigg, Dem Hoodstarz, AD Kapone, and Mac-10.

Hippotion isis

It is extremely similar to Hippotion aurora delicata but differing in the buff colour of the median band of the hindwing upperside and the absence of any dorsal longitudinal lines on the abdomen.

Inca finch

Buff-bridled, Gray-winged and Little Inca Finch are restricted to the Marañón Valley.

John Edward Ames

In 2004 Ames wrote The Real Deadwood, a mix of history and buff lore about Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane.

Legge's Hawk-Eagle

Legge's Hawk-Eagle was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the Mountain Hawk-Eagle, but it is smaller and has unstreaked buff underwing coverts.

Palo y hueso

Saer was a well-known writer who was also a movie buff, and taught History of Film and Film Criticism and Aesthetics at the Universidad Nacional del Litoral in Santa Fe.

Roper River Scrub Robin

Some of these clutches are now in the H. L. White Collection at the National Museum of Victoria, but upon reappraisal have been found to be those of misidentified Buff-sided Robins.

Sonneborn Building

Designed by Theodore Wells Pietsch, it is a nine-story loft building constructed in 1905 of "fireproof" reinforced-concrete construction, faced in buff-colored brick, with a coursed ashlar foundation and stone trim.

Subway Challenge

On May 30, 1940, two days before the IRT, BMT, and IND were unified in 1940, Herman Rinke, an electric-railroad buff, became the first person to tour the entire system on a single 5-cent fare, doing it purely as a "sentimental gesture".

Torr Works

A Geodiversity audit of the site recorded pale to dark grey well bedded Carboniferous Limestone dipping consistently southwards with a small area of overlying horizontally bedded buff-coloured Jurassic oolitic limestone forming an angular unconformity.

University of Minnesota Old Campus Historic District

The buff-colored sandstone is from quarries near Banning State Park, while the red sandstone is from the Fond du Lac formation.

Vanuatu Kingfisher

The only other kingfisher in Vanuatu is the Collared Kingfisher which has paler blue-green upperparts, whiter underparts and a buff stripe above the eye.

Yadlin affair

Yadlin was known to be a gambling buff (favoring the Las Vegas roulette table) with an eye for pretty women, He was also a major fund raiser for the Labor Party; since 1973, he has headed Israel's huge Kupat Holim health-insurance program.


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