The isabelline (or Daurian) shrike is a greyish-yellow and hunts from prominent perches, impaling the corpses on thorns as a larder.
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Isabelline
//ɪzəˈbɛlɪn//
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2 entries- isabellfarben adj (Translations)
- isabellfarbig adj (Translations)
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As Mr. Tristram has remarked, in regard to the inhabitants of the Sahara, all are protected by their “isabelline or sand-colour.”
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Isabelline -us: pale yellow with some red and brown [chronic lemon with a little carmine and roman sepia].
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A little later the focus shifted to Valladolid and became increasingly florid—the Isabelline style—reaching its most extreme in the facades of San Pablo and the Colegio San Gregorio.
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