In a plain suit and tie, and sitting on one side of a u-shaped table alongside his lawyers, the scene resembled a dull mid-year office sales presentation.
Juveniles of both sexes resemble the adult female, but have duller plumage, particularly in the black bands on the chest, neck, and eyes.
Young birds resemble the female, although their plumage is duller and they have paler legs.
Phaeacius is very well camouflaged; for example, P. malayensis has a body with dull grey and brown markings that resemble the surface of tree trunks in the rainforest.
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Most are dull in colour, and their stout, often hairy, bodies resemble those of bumble bees.
It is a plain, long-winged and long-tailed typical warbler with brown upperparts and dull white underparts; the sexes are similar and juveniles resemble the adults.
Juvenile birds resemble the female, but are less neatly scalloped and have a duller brown speculum with a narrower trailing edge.
Even the dullest journey resembles a short story: beginning, middle, end, with the traveller displaced and, we hope, alerted.
The New Guinean species A. brachycarpum resembles A. flammeum but has duller flowers, leaves that are shorter and wider, and fewer hairs on its perianth.
