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fifth feathers nearly equal in length, but the fifth rather the 

 longest. 



Females resemble the males, but are a little more spotted 

 on the head, breast, and belly. 



The young before their first moult have the throat greyish 

 white, varied with small darker- coloured spots, and the ge- 

 neral colour of the plumage of the other parts darker. 



This species is subject to varieties in colour. A specimen 

 sent me by the Rev. Dr. Thackeray has the head, neck, 

 body, and wing-coverts dull white, varied with a few mark- 

 ings of the natural brown ; the wing and tail-feathers pure 

 white ; beak and legs flesh colour. A specimen sent me by 

 the Rev. Robert Holdsworth from Brixham was of a nearly 

 uniform reddish buff colour ; and I have seen several others. 



The figure on the left hand in the vignette below repre- 

 sents the foot of the Accejitor alpinus ; the right hand figure 

 is taken from the breast-bone of Accentor modularis, as an 

 illustration of the generic form of the sternum. 



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