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white on the tail, and is of a brownish grey, or olive above, and of a 
yellowish white beneath *. 
Bechstein has separated from the other Fauvettes his AccENToR, which 
is the Fauvette des Alpes, Buff.—Mot. alpina, Gm.; Enl. 668, or the 
Pegot, Vieill. Gal. 156; Naum.92, 1} (2); because the edges of its slen- 
der bill, which is more exactly conical than that of the other Motacille, 
are slightly depressed. 
It is an ash-coloured bird, with a white throat, sprinkled with 
black; two rows of white spots on the wing; some bright red on the 
flanks. It is found in the pastures of the upper Alps, where it feeds 
on insects, and whence, in winter, it descends into the villages in 
search of grain, &c. 
I think I have observed the sanie bill in the Fauvette dhiver. 
Mot. modularis, L.; Traine-buissons, &c.; Enl. 615, 1; Naum. 
Got Be 4t. The only species that remains in France during the 
winter, and that in some measure relieves the dreariness of the sea- 
son by its delightful notes. It is of a fawn colour, spotted with 
black above, and a slaty ash colour beneath. It builds twice a year, 
and in the summer proceeds to the North, and seeks the mountain 
forests. During the winter, when insects are not to be had, it is 
contented with grain. 
The gizzard of these two birds is more fleshy than that of the 
other Fauvettes§. We may add to them, 
Acc. montanellus, Tem.; Naum. 92. <A bird from the south-east 
of Europe, which does not visit France. 
We may also distinguish some long and cuneiform tailed foreign 
Motacillz, which have been long left among the Fauvettes ||. 
Some of the species are very skilful in the construction of their 
* The descriptions of the Fauvettes are so vague, and the greater part of their 
figures—those of Nauman excepted—are so bad, that it is almost impossible to de- 
termine their species. Each author arranges them differently. Our descriptions, 
therefore, may be confidently depended upon, but our synonymes not so much so; 
we think, however, we agree with Mess. Nauman and Roux. 
To the species abovementioned, must be added: Sylv. ruscicola, Roux;—S. passe- 
rina, Col. 24, 1;—S. sarda, Ib. 2;—S. Natiereri, Ib. 3;—S. subalpina, Bonnelli, or 
Leucopogon, Meyer, Co]. 6, 2 and 251, 2 and 3, Roux, 218. 
N. B. According to Savi, the S. passerina, Tem. Col. 29, 4, is the young male of 
the S. subalpina.—The Pitchou (S. ferruginea), Enl. 635, 1; Roux, 219. The small 
species lead to RrEGutus. 
ft Itis also the Sturnus montanus, and the S. collaris of Gmelin. 
{ I see this approximation has been adopted by Mess. Temm. and Nauman. 
§ Nitsch., ap. Naum., II, p. 939. 
|| Mot. fuscata, Gm. Enl. 584, 1;—Motacilla macroura, Gm. Enl. 752, 2; or the 
Capolier, Vaill. 129, 180, 1;—Malurus galactodes, T., Col. 65, 1;—Mal. marginalis, 
T. Ib. 2;—AMal. clamans, Ruppel. pl. 2;—Mal. squamiceps, Id. xii.—Mot. subflava, 
Gm. Enl. 584, 2, probably the same as the Citrin, Vaill., Afr., 127;—the Double 
sourcil, Id. 128. It is partly from this subdivision that Mess. Vieill. and Temm. 
have taken their genus Merion or Malurus; I should not, however, like the former, 
place it in the Mot. cyanea, Gm. which has the bill of a Saxicola. 
N.B. The Malurus galactodes, Tem. has become the genus MeGAuuRus of Vi- 
gors and Horsfield. 
