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seeds which form its food. Its song is short but clear and 

 pleasantly modulated. It breeds from March to May and its 

 nest, which is usually placed in a hedge or bush, is constructed 

 of dry grass and moss, and lined with hair or wool. The eggs 

 from 5 to 6 in number are glossy greenish blue unspotted and 

 average about 0'78 by 0'54 in size. Two broods are usually 

 raised in the season. 



Dr. Sharpe has (I.e.) separated the Persian bird from the 

 European, naming the former A. orientalis, but I cannot find 

 any specific difference between birds from these two localities. 



220. JAPANESE ACCENTOR. 

 ACCENTOR RUBIDUS 



Accentor rub'uhis, Temm. and Schlegel. Faun. Jap. p. 69, pi. 32 (1850) ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. vii. p. 652 ; Seebohm, B. Jap. Emp. p. 56 ; 

 A.fervidus, Sharpe, torn. cit. p. 653. 



$ ad. (Japan). Differs from A. modularis in having the head and neck 

 uniform reddish brown, unstriped ; the back rufous, marked with blackish 

 brown, the under parts dull brownish grey ; clearer on the abdomen, the 

 flanks not streaked ; bill blackish ; legs brownish flesh ; iris hazel. 

 Culmen 0'53, wing 2'6, tail 2*2, tarsus - 75 inch. Sexes alike. 



Hob. Northern Japan where it is resident. 



In habits the Japanese bird does not differ greatly from our 

 European Hedge -Sparrow. It is found in the plains and also 

 on the mountains as high as 8,000 feet, and frequents the 

 scrub-willows, and has a sparrow-like chirping note. Its 

 breeding habits and nest do not differ from those of the 

 European form. 



221. KOSLOV'S ACCENTOR. 

 ACCENTOR KOSLOVI. 



Accentor Jeoslovi, Prjev. Novi. bidi. ptitz. Centr. Asie. Zap. Imp. Akad. 

 Nayk, Iv. p. 83 (1887) ; Pleske, Prjevalsky's Reisen, ii. Vog. p. 143 ; 

 A. pallidus, Menzbier, Ibis, 1887, p. 299, pi. ix. 



Ad. Upper parts brownish isabelline striped with dark brown, these 

 being paler on the head and nape ; rump unstriped ; wings and tail brown 

 externally margined with brownish isabelline ; two white bands cross the 

 wing ; throat brownish smoke-grey with whitish tips to the feathers : 

 ear-coverts slightly yellower than the throat, rest of under parts dirty white, 

 the feathers on the breast brown at the base ; flanks striped with brownish 

 isabelline ; bill brown paler below and at the base ; legs flesh coloured ; 



