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ALPINE EUROPE 



around the edge of the forests or Alpine meadows, retiring in the morning to 

 the roofs of the mountain huts. 



Alpine Many of the birds living in the Alps have been already noticed, 



Ring ousel. Vmt there are a few so characteristic as to deserve special mention. 



Among the latter, the Alpine ring-ousel (Turdas torquatus ahpestris) lives in the 



ALPINE ACCENTOR. 



Alpine Accentor. 



Alps. Carpathians, the mountains of Silesia, and many other ranges, and seems to 

 breed in the Taumis. 



The Alpine accentor {Accentor collaris) is a true mountain-bird, 

 often living beyond the region of the higher vegetation, among the 

 upland meadows and rocks. Occurring in the mountains of Silesia and Bavaria, 

 as well as all the other high mountains of central and southern Europe, it has 

 been found as far east as northern Persia. In all these countries it is resident, 

 but moves down to lower regions in autumn. This bird never alights on trees 



