44 A HANDBOOK OF EUROPEAN BIRDS. 
Genus CISTICOLA. 
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FANTAILED WARBLER. 
Cisticola cursitans (Fvani/.) 
Adult: Feathers of foreparts above very broadly centred 
with dark brown, and with pale yellowish-brown margins ; 
crown so marked as to form three distinct longitudinal bands ; 
wings and tail dark brown with pale edges ; outer tazl-feathers 
tipped with white, zzth a subterminal dark spot, showing most 
plainly from below; beneath white, shading into yellowish- 
brown on chest and flanks; bill brown above, yellowish 
beneath; legs and feet flesh-coloured; irides pale brown. 
Length 4°25 inches; culmen 0°35 ; wing 19; tail 1°5 ; tarsus 
O'7. 
Young: More rufous both above and beneath, otherwise 
similar to adults. 
Distribution: Resident on most of the Mediterranean 
coasts. 
Habitat : Damp grassy places or undergrowth near water. 
Family ACCENTORIDZ. 
Genus ACCENTOR. 
ALPINE ACCENTOR. x 
Accentor collaris (Sco). 
Adult: Feathers of head and neck grey, with darker centres ; 
rest of upper parts brown, ‘streaked with darker brown ; wings 
and tail dark brown with reddish-brown margins and white 
tips; greater and median wing-coverts conspicuously spotted 
with white ; feathers of breast and abdomen dull grey, marked 
with brown and tipped with whitish ; throat white, spotted with 
black, flanks chestnut, margined with buffish-white ; bill blackish- 
brown, yellowish at base; legs and feet brown, claws black ; 
irides brown. Length 7°5 inches; culmen 0°5 ; wing 4-15 to 
292 tail 3s tarsus! 179: 
