BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



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Ibebgc accentor- 



The Hedge Accentor (yAcceiitor modularise Linnaeus) is a 

 very generally distributed resident in the British Isles. It 

 is also a resident species throughout most portions of 

 Europe, and is met with in Scandinavia as far as the limits 

 of forest growth. The adult male has the top of the head 

 and nape greyish-brown, streaked with brown ; sides of the 

 neck, throat, and breast, bluish-grey; back and scapulars, 

 blackish, with broad margins of reddish-brown ; primaries, 

 dark brown, edged and tipped with a lighter shade of 

 brown ; tail, dull brown, margined with paler ; rump, 

 yellowish ; chin, whitish-grey ; centre of belly, greyish- 

 white ; flanks, pale brown, streaked with darker brown :. 

 irides, hazel; bill, legs, and feet, pale brown. Length, 

 about five inches. The female closely resembles the male. 



