slate black
Americannoun
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Similar to No. 194 but much darker; upperparts bluish slate black; tarsus shorter, 5.3.
From Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix by Chapman, Frank M.
The rocking floor of the sea, blue and gray and slate black by turn, spread to the east.
From The "Genius" by Dreiser, Theodore
If it turns gray or slate, black iron is present.
From Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 by Burroughs, Barkham
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