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  • These athletic hunters are handsome, with their rusty colouring and black-tipped tails.

    Country diary: Allendale, Northumberland 2011

  • His nose moved continually, and when a bumblebee flew humming to a thistle bloom behind him, he jumped and spun round with a start that sent two nearby rabbits scurrying for holes before the nearest, a buck with black-tipped ears, recognized him and returned to feeding.

    Archive 2010-04-01 Blue Tyson 2010

  • Along its back is a broad stripe of tawny orange hairs and from its sides spring dense tufts of long, black-tipped grey hairs, making it both beautiful and unpalatable.

    Country diary: South Uist Christine Smith 2010

  • The brown-and-oatmeal-striped sofa bed sat in the center of the common area, flanked by matching comfy chairs and a set of teak end tables with black-tipped legs.

    Bring On the Night Jeri Smith-Ready 2010

  • Startled, I watch her lean over, open the drawer of her bedside table and pull out a small brown bottle with a black-tipped stopper.

    imperfect endings Zoe FitzGerald Carter 2010

  • Reduced fresh-water flows increased salinity levels in the marshes where the lanky white birds with black-tipped wings settle with their chicks after their trip from Canada.

    Texans Fight Over Birds, Water Rights Ana Campoy 2010

  • Reduced fresh-water flows increased salinity levels in the marshes where the lanky white birds with black-tipped wings settle with their chicks after their trip from Canada.

    Texans Fight Over Birds, Water Rights Ana Campoy 2010

  • Their long, black-tipped horns curved out and in and out again, tracing the shape of a lyre.

    THE RIVER KINGS’ ROAD Liane Merciel 2010

  • Reduced fresh-water flows increased salinity levels in the marshes where the lanky white birds with black-tipped wings settle with their chicks after their trip from Canada.

    Texans Fight Over Birds, Water Rights Ana Campoy 2010

  • Startled, I watch her lean over, open the drawer of her bedside table and pull out a small brown bottle with a black-tipped stopper.

    imperfect endings Zoe FitzGerald Carter 2010

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