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  • Eight million were counted—David K. Ballance, A History of the Birds of Somerset Penryn: Isabelline Books, 2006, p.

    A Year on the Wing TIM DEE 2009

  • Erin, I wouldn't normally dispute your choice, but I'm a trifle dubious about lining the eyelet with a pale grey batiste; I have visions of the overall impression being more Isabelline than anything - just an overall impression, from a distance, of a certain ... grimeyness.

    Out of the Closet - A Dress A Day 2007

  • Isabelline - us: pale yellow with some red and brown [chronic lemon with a little carmine and roman sepia].

    Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith

  • Isabelline bear shambling along contentedly, seeming to go no pace at all, yet gaining steadily on the sledge that was giving chase.

    The Adventures of Akbar Flora Annie Steel 1888

  • Isabelline brown, spotted with white; a white spot on the centre of the forehead, and from the back of the head down the spine for two-thirds of its length a narrow white streak; on each side of the body two white patches; a broad white collar, or rather demi-collar, from one ear spot to the other, passing under the throat.

    Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870

  • -- Ears very large, broad, oval, with pointed recurved tip, and a large obtuse tragus; anterior central crest of nose-leaf produced in front over the top of the flat transverse front edge; hinder leaf lanceolate triangular; above sooty brown or light earthy olive-brown, paler below, some with a rufous or Isabelline tint; no pubic teats.

    Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870

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