252 ACCENTOR MODULARIS. 



physical character. This admirer of the despised Hedge Spar- 

 row was the celebrated American Ornithologist. 



The form and proportions of the Hedge Chanter have been 

 detailed in the generic character, to which it is unnecessary to 

 add more than a few particulars. The tongue is five-twelfths 

 of an inch long ; the oesophagus two inches and a quarter, with 

 an average diameter of two and a half twelfths ; the stomach 

 ten-twelfths long ; the intestine seven inches, its duodenal por- 

 tion two-twelfths across ; the coeca oblong, and two-twelfths 

 in length, their distance from the extremity ten-twelfths. 



The nostrils are linear, and nearly a twelfth and a half long ; 

 the aperture of the eyes a twelfth and a half; that of the ears 

 three-twelfths. The tarsi are rather stout ; the hind toe strong, 

 with eight scutella, the second with ten, the third with thirteen, 

 the fourth with twelve. The claws are rather long, moderate- 

 ly arched, extremely compressed, and rather blunt, the first 

 much stronger than the third. 



The plumage is blended, the feathers broadly oblong and 

 rounded. The wings are rather short, broad, and rounded. 

 The fourth quill is longest, but scarcely exceeds the fifth, 

 which is very little longer than the sixth ; the third is a little 

 shorter than the sixth, the second considerably shorter, and 

 the first about a third of the length of the second. The 

 quills are all rounded. The wings when closed reach to 

 about a third of the lengih of the tail-feathers. The tail is 

 slightly curved downwards, rounded, the lateral feathers bent 

 a little outwards. 



The upper mandible is brownish-black ; its margin toward 

 the base reddish flesh-colovir, as is the lower mandible, which 

 becomes dusky toward the tip ; the iris dark brown ; the feet 

 brownish -yellow, the toes darker, the claws M^ood-brown. The 

 head and neck are dull grey above, streaked with dark brown, 

 the central part of each feather being of the latter colour. The 

 back and scapulars are light reddish-brown, spotted with dark 

 brown ; the rump and upper tail-coverts pale greenish-brown. 

 The wings and tail are dark greyish-brown, the quills and 

 secondary coverts broadly edged with reddish-brown, the tail- 

 feathers more narrowly. The auricular coverts are light brown, 



