His full red lips, with their humorous corners, were shaded by a small black mustache, and his twinkling bistre-colored eyes, beneath mobile black eyebrows, gave Cranley the air of a jester and a good fellow.
"The Mark Of Cain"
Andrew Lang
Her eyes were dry and bright, but there were deep bistre shadows under them that had not been there before, and the lower lids were swollen.
"Whosoever Shall Offend"
F. Marion Crawford
The ground-colour is grey, with a tinge of green, and it is thickly covered with small spots of bistre."
"The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1"
Allan O. Hume