167. His description of' Supra murina, subtus albida; rectrices macula ovali alba in latere inferno; pedes nudi, nigri; rostrum nigrum; remiges obscuriores quam plumae dorsales; rectrices remigibus concolores; cauda emarginata, nec forcipata,' agrees very well with the bird in question; but when he comes to advance that it is 'statura hirundinis urbicae,' and that 'definitio hirundinis ripariae Linnaei huic quoque convenit,' he in some measure invalidates all he has said; at least he shows at once that he compares them to these species merely from memory: for I have compared the birds themselves, and find they differ widely in every circumstance of shape, size, and colour.
"The-Natural-History-of-Selborne"
White, Gilbert
She opened her dressing-case and took from it a common-looking little paper-box, purchased at the chemist's, bearing the ambitious printed title of "macula Exstinctor, or Destroyer of Stains"-being an ordinary preparation, in powder, for removing stains from dresses, ink-stains included.
"Jezebel's Daughter"
Wilkie Collins
macula Exstinctor, she read, or Destroyer of Stains.
"Jezebel's Daughter"
Wilkie Collins