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ALPINE ACCENTOE. 



ACCENTOR COLLARIS {Scop. 



Sturnus collaris, Soop. Ann. I. Hist. Nat. p. 131 (1769). 

 Accentor alpiuus, Naum. iii. p. 940 ; Macg. ii. p. 258 ; 



Hewitson, i. p. 96. 

 Accentor collaris, Yarr. ed. 4^ i. p. 296; Dresser, iii. p. 29. 



Accenteur alpin, French ; Alpen-Fluhvogel, German ; Ser- 

 rano, Pajaro de la nieve, Spanish. 



A rare and accidental visitor to our country, where it 

 is, however, very possible that it may have been often 

 overlooked. My personal acquaintance with this species 

 in Northern Italy, Turkey, and Spain induces me to 

 believe that it seldom leaves the alpine heights, which 

 constitute its summer abode, unless driven by extreme 

 stress of weather to lower regions ; in such circum- 

 stances, in the province of Asturias, it appears in great 

 numbers in the mountain villages. 



The Alpine Accentor is very tame and fearless of 

 man ; in general habits it much resembles our familiar 

 Hedge-Sparrow, but its song is greatly superior. 



The subjects of the accompanying Plate were drawn 

 from living birds in my possession. 



