Tyrian purple rough indication of the likely range in which it appeared: _________ <br> _________ The lower one is the sRGB colour #990024, intended for viewing on an output device with a gamma of 2.2. It is a representation of RHS colour code 66A, which has been equated to "Tyrian red", a term which is often used as a synonym for Tyrian purple. The colour name "Tyrian plum" is popularly given to a British postage stamp that was prepared, but never released to the public, shortly before the death of King Edward VII in 1910. Tyrian purple Tyrian purple (, "porphúra"; ),
Small ground finch Latin for "sooty". It is known to hybridize (rarely) with the medium ground finch. This is the smallest of the ground finches, measuring in length . Its beak is short and pointed, with a slightly curved culmen. On average, its beak is smaller than that of the medium ground finch, though there is a significant overlap in size between the two, particularly on islands where only one of the two species exists. On islands where the two species compete directly, the differences between their beaks are greater. The male is black with white-tipped undertail coverts, while the female and young