126 BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



alpine accentor. 





THE Alpine Accentor (Accentor alpinus, Gmelin), which is 

 a rare straggler during autumn to the British Isles, is a 

 resident in the mountain ranges of Southern Europe. The 

 adult male has the upper parts dark brown, edged with 

 light brown ; head and neck, grey, with darker streaks ; 

 wings and tail, blackish-brown, margined with chestnut- 

 brown, and tipped with white; wing-coverts, prominently 

 tipped with white ; throat, white, with black spots ; breast 

 and under tail-coverts, dullish grey ; flanks, variegated with 

 chestnut and light buffish ; irides, brown ; bill, blackish- 

 brown ; base below, yellow ; legs and feet, warm brown. 

 Length, about seven inches. 



