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Nestling: Spotted above and below like a young robin; 
tail broadly tipped with dull rufous ; beneath buffy-white. 
Young after first moult: Feathers on back with rufous 
edges, duller beneath, washed with buff; white on throat 
absent ; otherwise similar to adult. 
Distribution: Resident in the higher mountain regions of 
Southern Europe, occurring in Great Britain and Northern 
Europe only as a rare straggler. 
Habitat: Elevated rocky places, in similar localities to the 
Stonechat. 
MOUNTAIN ACCENTOR. 
Accentor montanellus (Pai). 
Adult : Crown brown and black, szdes of head black ; broad 
buff superciliary stripe from base of bill to nape ; back chestnut, 
margined with greyish-brown, wings and tail dark brown with 
lighter margins ; coverts and secondaries marked with chest- 
nut; beneath buff, becoming paler on abdomen; flanks 
slightly streaked with brown ; bill blackish ; legs light brown ; 
irides brown. Length 6 inches; culmen 0°5; wing 2.85 ; 
tail 2°6; tarsus 0°75. 
Female: Duller above and somewhat whiter beneath. 
Young in first plumage: Similar to adult, but paler 
throughout and throat and breast marked with brown. 
Distribution: A scarce visitant to the extreme east of 
Europe from Eastern Asia. Breeds in Northern Siberia. 
Habitat: Elevated forests. 
HEDGE ACCENTOR. wa 
Accentor modularis (Lzzz). 
Adult : Crown and nape brownish-grey streaked with brown ; 
back and scapulars blackish, broadly margined with reddish- 
brown ; quills dark brown, tipped and edged with lighter 
brown ; tail dull brown with paler margins; sides of head and 
chest ashy-grey, paler on chin; centre of abdomen greyish- 
white ; flanks brown, marked with darker brown ; bill blackish ; 
