ACCENTOR COLLARIS. 
(ALPINE ACCENTOR.) 
Sturnus collaris, Scop. Ann. 1. Hist. Nat. p. 131 (1769). 
Fauvette des Alpes, Montb. Pl. Enl. vi. pl. 668. fig. 2 (1783). 
Alpine Warbler, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. pt. 2, p. 434 (1783). 
Motacilla alpina, Gm. 8. N. 1. p. 957 (1788, ex Lath.). 
Sturnus moritanus, Gm. 8. N. i. p. 804 (1788). 
Accentor alpinus, Bechst. Orn. Taschenb. i. p. 191 (1802). 
Accentor major, Brehm, Naum. 1856, p. 286. 
Accentor subalpinus, Brehm, Naum. 1855, p. 285. 
Accentor collaris, Newton, ed. Yarr. Brit. B. i. p. 296 (1872). 
Fauvette des Alpes, Accenteur alpin, French; Alpen-Flihvogel, German. 
Figure notabiles. 
Montb. Pl. Enl. vi. pl. 668. fig. 2; Naum. Vog. Deutschl. iii. taf. 92. fig. 1; Gould, B. Kur. 
i. pl. 99; id. B. Gt. Br. pt. xiii. (1868); Bettoni, Ucc. Lomb. pl. —. 
Ad. supra cinerascens, pilei dorsique plumis medialiter saturaté brunneis, his etiam pallidé stramineo mar- 
ginatis: dorso imo et uropygio ochraceo-cinerascentibus, supracaudalibus vix rufescentibus fulvo 
marginatis et medialiter brunneo striatis: scapularibus pallidé rufescentibus, medialiter saturate 
brunneis: tectricibus alarum cinerascentibus, reliquis nigris albo apicaliter punctatis, majoribus ad 
basin cineraceo lavatis: remigibus saturaté brunneis, extus ochrascenti-rufo lavatis et albido apicatis : 
rectricibus brunneis, extts cineraceo marginatis, verstis apicem rufescentibus, pogonio interno apicaliter 
albo maculato: gutture albido, nigro fasciatim transnotato: pectore et abdomine medio claré cinera- 
scentibus, hujus plumis brunneo transfasciatis et albido marginatis: corpore laterali pallidé castaneo, 
plumis hypochondriacis albo marginatis, his imis medialiter brunneis: subcaudalibus nigricanti- 
brunneis, laté albo marginatis: subalaribus fulvescenti-brunneis, vix rufescentibus, carpalibus nigris 
albo marginatis quasi transfasciatis: rostro nigricante, ad basin flavicante: pedibus pallidé brunneis : 
iride brunnea. 
® mari similis, 
Pull. similis adulto sed supra magis olivascens: dorso medio nigro et stramineo vario: tectricibus alarum 
brunneis rufescenti-ochraceo lavatis et fulvo apicaliter punctatis: subtus ochraceus, brunneo striatus, 
gula albicante. 
Adult Male (Savoy Alps). Upper parts dull ashy grey, the head and neck indistinctly striped with dark 
grey ; feathers of the back with dark brownish central stripes; scapulars washed with bright rufous ; 
quills dark brown, slightly edged with ashy brown on the outer web, and tipped with dirty white ; 
secondaries more broadly edged with ashy grey and rufous, the innermost having the inner web broadly 
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