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no white on the tail, and is of a brownish grey, or olive abovey 

 and of a yellowish white beneath. (1) 

 Bechstein has separated from the other Fauvette his Accentor, 

 which is the Fauvette des Alpes, Buff. Mot. alpina, Gm.; Enl. 668, or 

 the Pegot, Vieill. Gal. 156; Naum. 92, 1;(2) because the edges of its 

 slender beak, which is more exactly conical than that of the other 

 Motacillse, are slightly depressed. 



It is a fulvous bird, with a white throat, sprinkled with black; 

 two rows of white spots on the wing; some bright red on the 

 flanks. It is found in the pastures of the upper Alps, where 

 it feeds on insects, and whence, in winter, it descends into the 

 villages in search of grain, &c. 



I think I have observed the same beak in the Fauvette d'hiver. 



Mot. modularis, L. ; Traine-buisson, Sec; Enl. 615, 1; NaUm. 

 92, 3, 4.(3) The only species that remains in France during 

 the winter, and that in some measure relieves the dreariness of 

 the season by its delightful notes. It is of a fawn colour, spot- 

 ted with black above, and a slaty ash colour beneath. It builds 

 twice a year, and in the summer proceeds to the North, and 

 seeks the mountain forests. During the winter, or where insects 

 are not to be had, it is contented with grain. 



The gizzard of these two birds is more fleshy than that of 

 the other Fauvettes.(4) We may add to them, 



Ace. montanellus, Tern.; Naum. 92. A bird from the south- 

 east of Europe. 



We may also distinguish some long and cuneiform tailed 

 Motacillae, which have been left among the Fauvettes.(5) 



(1) The descriptions of the Fauvettes are so vague, and the greater part of their 

 figures those of Nauman excepted are so bad, that it is almost impossible to de- 

 termine their species. Each author arranges them differently. Our descriptions, 

 therefore, maybe confidently depended upon, but our synonymes not so muchso; 

 we think, however, we agree with Mess. Nauman and Roux. 



To the species abovementioned, must, be added: Sylv. ruscicola, Hoax; S. 

 passerina, Col. 24, 1; S. sarda, lb. 2; 8. Nattereri, lb. 3; S. subalpina, Bon- 

 nelli, or Leucopogon, Meyer, Col. 6, 2 and 251, 2 and 3, Roux, 218. 



N.B. According to Savi the S. passerina, Tem. Col. 29, 4, is the young male cf 

 the S. subalpina. The Fitchou {S. ferruginea), Enl. 635, 1; Roux, 219. The small 

 species lead to Regultts. 



(2) It is also the Sturnus montanus, and the S. colluris of Gmelin. 



(3) I see this approximation has been adopted by Mess. Temm. and Nauman. 



(4) Nitsch., ap. Naum., II, p. 939. 



(5) Mot.fuscata, Gm. Enl. 584, l;Mofacilla macroura, Gm. Enl. 752, 2; or the 

 Capolier, Yaill. 129, 130, 1;Malurus galadodes, T., Col. 65, 1; Mai. marginalis, 

 T. lb. 2; Mai. damans, Ruppel. pi. 2; Mai. squainiceps. Id. xii. Mot. subflava, 



. Gm. Enl. 584, 2, probably the same as the Citrin, Vaill, Afr., 127;r-the Double 



