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Subfamily ACCENTOEIN.E. 



22. Accentor modularis (Linnseus). The Hedge-Sparrow. 



M. Favier did not include this bird in his list of Moorish 

 birds, merely mentioning it as occurring near Gibraltar, having 

 met with some during his " triste sejour " in that place, in 

 November. I have seen specimens from the African side of the 

 Straits. On the Spanish side they are found in winter, but not 

 commonly, and I have shot them in the Cork-wood in January ; 

 whilst Arevalo records them as breeding near Malaga and 

 Granada. 



Above reddish brown, streaked with blackish brown ; chin, throat, and 

 breast bluish grey ; belly whitish. 



Young. Streaked above and below ; no grey or white. Length 5| 

 inches. 



23. Accentor collaris (Scopoli). The Alpine Accentor. 



Spanish. Serrano (Mountaineer). 



I have only seen this bird at the back of the Rock at Gibraltar 

 in winter, and shot one on the 1st of February, seeing others on 

 the 26th of the same month in 1870. Mr. J. H. Gurney, jun., 

 who was passing through Gibraltar, was the first to notice it at 

 the signal-station. Arevalo records them breeding in the sierras 

 of the Provinces of Malaga and Granada ; and they are no doubt 

 found on all the high rocky ground, though I did not meet with 

 any on the Sierra del Nino or elsewhere. 



Chin and throat dull white, with black spot on each feather ; wing- 

 coverts tipped with white ; tail dark brown, with pale buff tips. Length 

 7 inches. 



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