THE HEDGE ACCENTOR 105 



The Hedge Accentor has the general colour of 

 most of the upper parts brown, the feathers having 

 dark brown centres which give the bird a streaky- 

 appearance ; the head, nape, and ear-coverts are 

 grey ; the wings and tail are dark brown, most 

 of the feathers of the former with margins and tips 

 of reddish-brown, and those of the latter with pale 

 brown. The throat is grey, shading into a paler 

 tint on the breast and centre of the belly, and into 

 pale brown on the flanks, which are streaked with 

 darker brown. The female resembles the male in 

 colour, but the young in nestling plumage are 

 mottled and spotted with dark brown and buff, and 

 the slate-grey is wanting. The total length of this 

 bird is about five and a half inches. 



