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no white on the tail, and is of a brownish grey, or olive above, 
and of a yellowish white beneath.(1) 
Bechstein has separated from the other Fauvette his Aduearen, 
which is the Fauvette des Alpes, Buft.—Mot. alpina, Gm.; Enl. 668, or 
the Pegot, Vieill. Gal. 156; Naum. 92, 13(2) because the edges of its 
slender beak, which is more exactly conical than that of the other 
Motacille, are slightly depressed. 
It is a fulvous 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 same beak in the Fawvette d’hiver. 
Mot. modularis, L.; Traine-buisson, &c.3 Enl. 615, 13; Naum. 
92, 3, 4.(8) The only species that remains in France during 
the winter, and that in some measure relieves the dreariness of 
the season by its delightful notes. It is of a fawn colour, spot- 
ted 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, or where insects 
are not to be had, itis contented with grain. 
The gizzard of these two birds is more fleshy than that of 
the other Fauvettes.(4) We may add to them, 
Acc. montanellus, Tem.; Naum. 92. A bird from ‘the south- 
east of Europe. 
We may also distinguish some long and cuneiform tailed 
Motacillz, which have been left among the Fauvettes.(5) 
(1) The descriptions of the Fauvettes are so yague, 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, Rot, 8. 
passerina, Col. 24, 1;—S. sarda, Ib. 2;—S. Nattereri, Ib. 3;—S. subalpina, Bon- 
~ nelli, or Lewcopogon, Meyer, Col. 6, 2. and 251, 2 and 3, Roux, 218. aR: Es 
N.B. According to Sayi the S. passerina, Tem. Col. 29, 4, is the young male cf 
the S. subalpina.—The Pitchou (S. ferruginea), Enl. 635, 1; Roux, 219. The small 
species lead to Reevcus. Daa 4 
(2) It is also the Sturnus montanus, and the S. colluris of Gmelin, 
(3) I see this approximation has been adopted by Mess. Temm. and Neue ; 
(A) Nitsch., ap. Naum., II, p. 959. 
(5) Mot. fuscata, Gm. Enl. 584, 1;—Motacilla macroura, Gm. Enl. 752, 2; or the 
Capolier, Vaill. 129, 130, 1;—Malurus galactodes, T., Col. 65, 1; Mal. marginalis, 
T. Ib. 2;—Mal. clamans, Ruppel. pl. 2;—Mal. squamiceps, 1d. xii. —Mot. subflava, 
Gm. Enl. 584, 2, probably the same as the Citrin, Vaill., Afr., 127;—the Double 
