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An illustration of Hildred Castaigne, protagonist of the story, reading the eldritch play that serves as the driving plot device and common thread throughout much of The King in Yellow. "The Repairer of Reputations" is a short story published by Robert W. Chambers in the collection The King in Yellow in 1895.
Hunting seasons for the yellow-billed duck are planned so as not to overlap with the breeding season, which is around July. However, the exact breeding season varies annually based on the climate. [7] Hunting is a major cause of death for the yellow-billed duck with past analysis showing over 25% of duck deaths were due to shooting. [3]
The King in Yellow is a book of short stories by American writer Robert W. Chambers, first published by F. Tennyson Neely in 1895. [2] The British first edition was published by Chatto & Windus in 1895 (316 pages).
The duck has long been recognised as a distinct taxon, with its affinities previously considered to be with the teals. Robert Cushman Murphy was the first to demonstrate that it is a pintail, its closest relatives the yellow-billed pintails of South America (now split as the Chilean pintail A. g. spinicauda and the extinct Niceforo's pintail A. g. niceforoi), [5] though he retained it as a ...
Yellow-billed duck: Iridescent green or blue, bordered white. [ 4 ] Bright wing speculums are also known from a number of other birds ; among them are several parrots from the genus Amazona with red or orange speculums, [ 5 ] though in this case the colors are pigmentary and non-iridescent.
"The Crown Returns to the Queen of the Fishes". Illustration by H. J. Ford for Andrew Lang's The Orange Fairy Book Folio Society editions of the Coloured Fairy Books. The best-known volumes of the series are the 12 Fairy Books, each of which is distinguished by its own color.
Hastur is the name of a hunter in the video game Identity V who is also known as The Feaster and The King in Yellow. Hastur also appears as a character in the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. Hastur is also believed to be the King in Yellow in the video game Vampire Survivors. The player also receives the Yellow Sign from them directly.
Snow goose Wood ducks Ring-necked duck Common merganser. Order: Anseriformes Family: Anatidae. The family Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swans. These birds are adapted to an aquatic existence with webbed feet, bills which are flattened to a greater or lesser extent, and feathers that are excellent at ...