76 BIRDS OF SOMERSETSHIRE. 
houses: it is formed of moss and wool, and lined 
with hair.* 
The following description is taken from Yarrell :— 
“ The beak is black at the point and yellowish white 
at the base; the irides hazel; head, neck and ear- 
coverts brownish grey; feathers of the back brown, 
with longitudinal central patches of darker blackish 
brown; rump greyish brown; wing primaries blackish 
brown; the centre of each tertial still darker, edged 
on both sides with reddish brown, varied with black, 
and tipped with a spot of white ; upper surface of the 
tail-feathers dark brown, tipped with buff; chin, 
throat and front part of the neck dull white, with a 
small black spot in each feather; chest dark grey; 
the breast and flanks varied with chestnut-coloured 
patches; under tail-coverts dark greyish brown, 
edged with dull white; under surface of the tail- 
feathers ash-grey, tipped with dull buffish white; 
legs and toes orange-brown; claws black.” The 
plumage of the female is not so bright as that of the 
. male. 
The eggs are much hke those of our common 
Hedgesparrow, but larger and rather more intense 
in their colouring. + 
Hepcr <Accentror, Accentor modularis. The 
Hedge Accentor, or as it is more commonly called 
* Yarrell, vol.1., p. 251. 
+ Hewitson. 
