256 SYLVIAM. 



The whole length of the bird rather more than five 

 inches and a half. From the carpal joint to the end of 

 the longest feather in the wing, two inches and three- 

 quarters : the first wing-feather very small ; the second 

 a little longer than the seventh, but shorter than the 

 sixth; the third, fourth, and fifth feathers nearly equal 

 in length, but the fifth rather the longest. 



Females resemble the males, but are a little more spotted 

 on the head, breast, and belly. 



The young before their first moult have the throat grey- 

 ish white, varied with small darker-coloured spots, and the 

 general colour of the plumage of the other parts darker. 



This species is subject to varieties in colour. A speci- 

 men sent me by the Rev. Dr. Thackeray has the head, 

 neck, body, and wing-coverts dull white, varied with a few 

 markings of the natural brown ; the wing and tail-feathers 

 pure white ; beak and legs flesh colour. A specimen sent 

 me by the Rev. Robert Holdsworth from Brixham was 

 of a nearly uniform reddish buff colour ; and I have seen 

 several others. 



The figure on the left hand in the vignette below repre- 

 sents the foot of the Accentor alpinus ; the right hand 

 figure is taken from the breast-bone of Accentor modular is, 

 as an illustration of the generic form of the sternum. 



