f. 



4 TUEDID.E. 



Europe, chiefly 18. RED-SPOTTED BLUETHEOAT. Ruticilla suecica (Linnaeus). Irre 

 N. of the Baltic g u j ar migrant, not yet noticed in Ireland. 



wintering in Tail brown, with basal two-thirds of all but two centre feathers 



N Africa and chestnut. 



^ Male. Chestnut spot in centre of the blue throat. 



Female and young male. Below buffish white ; a dark band across throat, 

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



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

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

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

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



19. ROBIN. Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus). Resident. 

 "X Chin, throat, and breast orange-chestnut. 



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

 black. Length o| inches. 



20. NIGHTINGALE. Daulias luscinia (Linnaeus). 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 buffish white. 



First primary longer than primary-coverts. 



Young in first plumage spotted like a Robin. Length 6| inches. 



Subfamily ACCENTORIN^E. 



21. HEDGE-SPAEEOW. Accentor modularis (Linnaeus). Resident. 



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

 breast bluish grey ; belly whitish. 



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

 5 1 inches. 



High mountains 22. ALPINE AccENTOE. Accentor collaris (Scopoli). Very rare strag- 

 of Europe and 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 SYLVIIN^E. 



23. WHITETHEOAT. Sylvia cinerea, Bechstein. Sylvan. Spring to 

 autumn. 



^ Back reddish brown ; legs pale broivn ; chin and throat much whiter 



than the rest of the underparts ; quills and wing-coverts edged with pale 

 rufous ; iris reddish brown. Length 5^ inches. 



