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elbow in the long hei'bage, and have marvelled that it could have been 

 produced by so small a bird. (M. A. M.) 



[Savi's Warbler, Locustella luscinioides (Savi). 



" Mr. More (Ibis, 1865, p. 33) was informed by Eev. H. Roundell 

 that he had obtained eggs near Kingsbridge, in Devonshire " (Newton, 

 * Yarrell's B. Birds,' 4th ed. i. p. 393, note). Prof. Newton suspects an 

 error in this statement. There is no record of the occurrence of this 

 AVarl>ler in the West of England, and its eggs are not sufficiently charac- 

 teristic to prevent the possibility of mistake.] 



Subfamily ACCENTORINJE. 

 Hedge-Sparrow. Accentor modularis (Linn.). 



[Dinniclv, Scgge : DevJ] 



Resident and abundant throughout the county, except the centre 

 of Dartmoor. Breeds. 



This homely-looking little favourite of our gardens and hedges is 

 generally distributed and common throughout the West Country. We 

 must also add that some are found with us throughout the year ; but, 

 bearing in mind that on the continent this species is migratory, going to 

 the far north in the spring and returning again south in the autumn, we 

 must express our suspicion that in all probability many of the Hedge- 

 Sparrows which pass the summer with us leave us for the winter, and are 

 replaced by others which reach this country irom Northern Europe. One 

 severe winter, when we were daily feeding a number of small birds in 

 front of our dining-room window, we recollect that a single Hcdge-Sparrow 

 asserted itself as king of the company, and held its own against the miscel- 

 laneous gathering of Chaffinches, llobius, House-Sparrows, &c. 



An albino nestling, killed by a cat at Alphington, near Exeter, is in the 

 A. M. M. Another pure white nestling, also killed by a cat near Exeter, 

 was brought to us June 2(Jth, ISbl. 



Alpine Accentor. Accentor coUaris (Scop.). 



An accidental winter visitor of rare occurrence. 



A specimen was killed on the cliffs near Teignmouth by ]\rr. Charles 

 .1. it. Jordan, January 0th, LS44, and is now in the possession of ]\Ir. \V. 

 ]i. Hall-Jordan of that town, who has kindly allowed us to inspect it on 

 several occasions. Tliis bird was recorded by llev. W. S. Iloro (Zool. 

 l'^44, .')()(!), but ])reviously it had been erroneously described as a llichard's 

 Pipit (Zool. p. 4!j4). (See W. 1{. II. J., in Trans. Devon. Assoc, vi. ]). 709.) 

 Another Alpine Accentor occurred in the same year at Berry Head (W. S. 



