Family ACCENTORIDAE. 

 Accentor modularis (L.) — Hedge-Sparrow. 



(Plate 48, fig. a-c). 

 (Snouckaert: Avifauna Neerlandica, p. 50, No. 122). 



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turquoise blue; no pigment spots or speckles 

 have ever yet been ascertained on these 

 eggs. 



19.7 X 14.5 millimetres. 



0.125 gram. 



not specially characterized. 



mostly fat-bellied. 



consists of vegetable materials, especially 

 moss; lined with hair, wool and feathers. 



in hedges, bushes, young coniferous trees, 

 etc., rarely high from the ground. 



5-6. (after-set: 4-5). 



end of April-beginning of July. 



about 13 days. 



Compared with the eggs of Ph. phoenicurus, 

 to which they show much resemblance, 

 those of modularis are: 



1°. purer and darker blue; 2°. fatter-bellied, 

 the point where the two axes intersect 

 one another being nearer the thicker end; 

 3°. generally slightly larger; 4°. heavier; 

 and 5°. when light passes through them 

 they are of a darker blue appearance. 



