#plumage

People are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock, and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet. ↗

— Sa'Di

#crying #feet #himself #his #peacock

Plumage features constitute a major component of courtship signals. ↗

— Peter R. Grant

#constitute #courtship #features #major #plumage

The theory of founder effects does not explain how novel features like plumage traits arise. ↗

— Peter R. Grant

#does #effects #explain #features #founder

I always loved fish for the colors and birds for the plumage. In the same way, I loved those women of the cabaret. They were birds of paradise. ↗

— Christian Louboutin

#birds #cabaret #colors #fish #i