Europe, chiefly 

 N.of the Baltic 

 and N. Asia, 

 wintering^ in 

 N. Africa and 

 India. 



4 TUBDID.i;. 



18. Eed-spotted Bluethroat. ButicUJa suecica (Liimteus). Irre- 

 gular migrant, not yet noticed in Ireland. 



Tail brown, Avith basal two-thirds of. all but two centre feathers 

 chestnut. 



Hale. Chestnut spot in centre of the blue throat. 



Female and j/oung male. Below huffish white; a dark band across throat, 

 with occasionally faint marks of blue and chestnut. Length 6 inches. 



The more southern White-spotted form, 11. cyanecula, has been doubt- 

 fully recorded as British ; the only difference between it and H. suecica 

 is that in the former the adult male has a white instead of a chestnut 

 spot. Entirely blue-throated individuals are known as M. ivolfi. 



19. Robin. Eritliacus ruhecula (Linnaeus). Eesideut. 



Chin, throat, and breast orange-chestnut. 



Young in first plumage mottled, each feather orange-buff tipped with 

 black. Length 5| inches. 



20. Nightingale. DauUas luscinia (Linna?us). Sylvan. Spring to 

 autumn, south and east of an imaginary line drawn through and in- 

 cluding East Devon, Glamorganshire, Brecon, Herefordshire, Shropshire, 

 Staffordshire, Derbyshire, and South Yorkshire. 



General colour russet-brown above ; upper tail-coverts and tail chest- 

 nut-brown ; underparts huffish white. 



First primary longer than j)iimary-coverts. 



Y'oung in first plumage spotted like a Eobiu. Length 6| inches. 



Hisjh mountains 

 of Europe and 

 Asia Minor. 



Subfamily ACCENTOEIN^. 



21. Hedge-Spaeeow. Accevtor modalaris (Linnaeus). Eesident. 



Above reddish brown, streaked with blackish' brown ; chin, throat, and 

 breast bluish grey ; belly Avhitish. 



Young. Streaked above and below ; no grey or white. Length 

 51 inches. 



22. Alpine Accentor. Accentor coJlaris (Scopoli). A^ery rare strag- 

 gler to England. 



Chin and throat dull white, with black spot on each feather; wing- 

 coverts tipped with white; tail dark brown, with pale buff tips. Length 

 7 inches. 



Subfamily SYLVIINJ^.. 



Sylvia cinerea, Bechstein. 



Sylvan. Spring to 



23. WlIlTETHEOAT. 



autumn. 



Bade reddish hrown ; ]egs 2^(de brown ; chin and tliroat much whiter 

 than the rest of the underparts ; quills and ^\ ing-coverts edged with pale 

 rufous ; iris reddish broivn. Length 54 inches. 



