H Kill SI I BIRDS. 





THE HEDGE WARBLER. 



HEDGE SPARROW. 



(Accentor modularis, Cuvier. Accentcur mouchet, 

 Temm.) 



THE length of this well-known bird is somewhat 

 more than five inches. The bill is dark ; eyes 

 hazel ; its general appearance is dusky brown ; the 

 feathers on the head, hinder part of the neck, 

 back, wings, and tail are edged with rusty or 

 pale tawny brown, plain on the rump, clouded, 

 and dashed on the sides with deeper shades of 

 those colours: the chin, throat, sides of the neck, 

 and fore part of the breast are dull bluish ash; 

 belly the same colour, but lighter; legs reddish 

 brown. 



This bird is commonly seen in hedges, from 

 which circumstance it derives one of its names ; 

 but it has no other relation to the Sparrow, and 



