Deep red colouring of the culmen is also associated with dominance, and those with the deepest red are those likely to breed with the females of the group.
22.
There are nine lobules of the vermis : lingula, central lobule, culmen, clivus, folium of the vermis, tuber, pyramid, uvula and nodule.
23.
The upper edge of the bill ( the culmen ) is curved, not flattened as in many other icterids, and the bill has a slight hook at the tip.
24.
In 1034, even the city of Le�n, the " imperiale culmen " ( imperial capital, as Sancho saw it ), fell, and there Sancho had himself crowned again.
25.
Whereas the European siskin, in many plumages, is a bright bird, the pine siskin in its typical culmen, compare with a short bill in European siskin, with a decurved culmen.
26.
Whereas the European siskin, in many plumages, is a bright bird, the pine siskin in its typical culmen, compare with a short bill in European siskin, with a decurved culmen.
27.
In appearance it cannot be easily distinguished from either of these species although the plumage tends to be more uniformly glossed in purple and has a longer bill with a fine tip and an arched culmen.
28.
""'Diminovula culmen " "'is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.
29.
The breeding male has a short and narrow black bib and a broad chestnut eye stripe that does not meet the culmen length of, the Sind sparrow is slightly smaller-billed than the house sparrow.
30.
The stubby, hefty bill has a distinctly upcurved lower mandible and a straight culmen ( a large version of the bills of the recurvebills ), which possibly is a modification for opening bamboo stems in their search for insects.
