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gated with ash-colour ; middle and lesser wing-coverts tipped with white : 

 throat white with brown scales ; abdomen and sides grayish white, mixed 

 with reddish : bill yellow at the base, black at the tip : feet yellowish. 

 (Egg.) Of a uniform bluish green, like that of the next species, but 

 rather larger. 



A native of the European Alps, but has twice occurred in this country. 

 In the first instance, a pair were observed at Cambridge by Dr Thackeray, 

 Nov. 23, 1822, and one, a female, killed, which is at present in his collec- 

 tion. In the second, a single individual was shot (a few years since) on the 

 borders of Epping Forest. Said to build in the clefts of rocks, and under 

 the eaves of houses. Food insects and seeds. 



43. A. modularis^ Cuv. {Hedge Accentor.) Crown of 

 the head cinereous, with brown streaks : back and wing- 

 coverts with large brown spots : throat and breast bluish 

 gray: middle of the abdomen whitish. 



A. modularis, Temm. Man. a* Orn. torn. i. p. 249. Hedge Accentor, 

 Selb. Illust. vol. i. p. 248. pi. 43*. f. 4. Hedge Warbler, Mont. 

 Orn. Diet. Bew. Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 244. 



DIMENS. Entire length five inches eight lines: length of the bill 

 (from the forehead) five lines, (from the gape) seven lines ; of the tarsus 

 ten lines and a half; of the tail two inches six lines; from the carpus to 

 the end of the wing two inches seven lines : breadth, wings extended, 

 eight inches five lines. 



DESCRIPT. Top of the head cinereous, with brown streaks: back and 

 wing-coverts yellowish brown, with a large darker-coloured spot in the 

 centre of each feather ; middle wing-coverts tipped with whitish : sides 

 of the neck, throat, and breast, bluish gray : rump and flanks yellowish 

 brown ; middle of the abdomen whitish : under tail-coverts brown, edged 

 with white : bill dusky : irides hazel : feet yellowish brown. (Egg.) Of 

 a uniform bluish green : long. diam. nine lines and a half; trans, diam. 

 six lines and a half. 



Common in hedges throughout the country ; and in song the greater 

 part of the year. Feeds principally on insects. Nest formed of moss and 

 wool, and lined with hair : placed in shrubs and low bushes. Eggs four 

 to six in number ; hatched early in April. 



GEN. 18. SYLVIA, Lath. 

 (1. ERITHACA, Swains.) 



44. S. Rubecula, Lath. (Redbreast.) Upper parts 

 brownish gray, tinged with olive : throat and breast bright 

 ferruginous. 



S. Rubecula, Temm. Man. d'Orn. torn. i. p. 215. Redbreast, Mont. 

 Orn. Diet. Selb. Illust. vol. i. p. 188. pi. 46. f. 2. Bew. Brit. 

 Birds, vol. i. p. 235. 



DIMENS. Entire length five inches nine lines : length of the bill (from 

 the forehead) six lines, (from the gape) eight lines and a half; of the 

 tarsus one inch; from the carpus to the end of the wing two inches eleven 

 lines : breadth, wings extended, nine inches two lines. 



