ACCENTOR 153 



217. BROWN ACCENTOR. 

 ACCENTOR FULVESCENS. 



Accentor fulvescens, Severtzoff, Turk. Jevot. pp. 66, 132 (1873) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. B. Br. Mus. vii. p. 655 ; Dresser, ix. p. 105, pi. 654, fig. 1 ; 

 Pleske, Prjevalsky's Reisen, p. 145 ; Gates, F. Brit. Ind. Birds, 

 ii. p. 171 ; Tacz. F. O. Sib. 0. p. 220 ; A. dahuricuj, Tacz. Bull. 

 Soc. Fr. 1876, p. 144; A. ocularis, Radde, Orn. Cauc. p. 244, 

 pi. xiv. 



$ ad. (Turkestan). Resembles A. montanellus, but the back is pale 

 fulvous brown, the flanks uniform, unstriped or very slightly so, and the 

 under parts paler, the throat nearly white. Culmen 0'5, wing 3*05, tail 

 2 -6, tarsus 0*8 inch. Female slightly duller in colour, and the supercilium 

 narrower. In the autumn the plumage is paler and duller and the under 

 parts are warmer clay-buff in tinge. 



Hob. Siberia (Irkutsk and the Argun River), Turkestan, 

 Mongolia, and Tibet ; the Himalayas ; Sikhim in winter. 



In habits it is said to resemble A. montanellus , and frequents 

 similar localities. Nothing is known respecting its nidification. 



218. MOUNTAIN ACCENTOR. 

 ACCENTOR MONTANELLUS. 



Accentor montanellus, (Pall.) Keis. Euss. Keichs. iii. p. 695 (1776) ; 

 Naum. iii. p. 949, taf. 92, fig. 2 ; Gould, B. of E. ii. pi. 101 ; id, 

 B. of Asia, iv. pi. 41 ; Dresser, iii, p. 35, pi. 100 ; Sharpe, Cat. 

 B. Br. Mus. vii. p. 653 ; A. temmincki, Brandt, Bull. Acad. N. Sc. 

 St. Petersb. ii. p. 39. 



g ad. (Siberia). Upper parts rufous, streaked with greyish brown, the 

 crown plain ashy brown, the rump ashy brown, also unstreaked ; wings 

 da,rk brown the feathers margined with dull chestnut ; tail ashy brown 

 with paler margins ; sides of the crown, lores, sides of the head and ear- 

 coverts black ; a broad yellowish buff band passes over the eye round the 

 ear-coverts to the neck joining the same colour on the sides of the throat ; 

 under parts ochreous buff, the abdomen nearly white ; flanks and under 

 tail-coverts striped with brown ; bill blackish ; legs light brown ; iris 

 yellowish brown. Culmen 0'5, wing 2'85, tail 2*6, tarsus 0'75 inch. 

 Female rather duller and paler, and the summer plumage is paler than 

 that assumed in the autumn. 



Hob. From the Ural through Siberia as far east as the sea 

 of Japan, south to Southern Russia, Turkestan, Mongolia, 



