In the first named season these birds have a reddish brown tinge, quite clear and distinctive; but in winter their plumage becomes of snowy whiteness,-a fact from which naturalists are prone to draw some finespun deductions.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
Her wellturned ankle displayed its perfect proportions beneath her skirt and just the proper amount and no more of her shapely limbs encased in finespun hose with highspliced heels and wide garter tops.
"Ulysses"
James Joyce
finespun himself will support us, at any rate for a time."
"Can You Forgive Her?"
Anthony Trollope