ALPINE ACCENTOR. 503 
Srey, indistinctly striped with darker grey; the rest of the upper parts are 
brown, lightest on the rump, streaked with darker brown; the wings are 
dark brown, with reddish-brown margins and white tips; the greater and 
median wing-coverts are reddish brown variegated with black and tipped 
with white; the tail-feathers are dark brown, with pale buff tips; the 
chin and throat are white, spotted with black ; the breast, belly, and under 
tail-coverts are dark grey, shading into rich chestnut on the flanks, each 
feather of which is margined with pale buff. Bill black at the tip, yellowish 
at the base; legs and feet light brown; claws black; irides hazel. The 
female does not differ from the male in colour, except that her plumage is 
a trifle moredingy. The young birds in nestling-plumage are spotted both 
above and below like a young Robin, and the white throat is absent, 
