Pale crag martin to do so, it would cast doubts on their specific distinctness. There are several subspecies differing in plumage shade or size, although the differences are clinal, and races interbreed where their ranges meet. The pale crag martin of the nominate subspecies "P. o. obsoleta" is 12–13 cm (4.7–5.1 in) long with light brown upperparts, becoming paler on the lower back, and a short square tail that has small white patches near the tips of all but the central and outermost pairs of feathers. It has a pale grey throat, upper breast and underwing coverts, and the rest of the underparts
Gainsboro, Roanoke, Virginia Major Kemp Gaines, who both founded and provided the early financing for the village. The location of the settlement would shift slightly to the southwest after 1852 following the arrival of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad and the establishment of Big Lick. Referred to as "Old Lick" between the 1850s and 1880s, what would become present-day Gainsboro began to develop as a predominantly African-American community. In 1882, Old Lick and Big Lick would incorporate as Roanoke, and most of its development which still stands today occurred between 1890 and 1940. It was during this time that the area would develop