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to have been killed at Berry Head, and shown to him by its owner, Mr. F. M. Lyte, in 
December 1850. Mr. Porter states (Zool. p. 5958) that on December 26th, 1857, two were 
shot on the Downs near Lewes, and on January 10th, 1859, Mr. Gatcombe obtained a pair of 
this species, which he had seen about three weeks before, on the rocks of Plymouth Citadel. 
In addition to the record he made at the time (Zool. p. 6377), he has been so good as to inform 
the Editor that their ‘ actions, when hopping about on the cliffs, resembled those of the Hedge- 
Sparrow, and the reddish mark on their sides appeared as nearly as conspicuous as that of the 
Redwing. They were very tame, but when frightened took refuge in a sort of cave, uttering 
notes which resembled the words tree, tree, tree,—similar to those made by many small birds 
when fighting. Another specimen was, according to Colonel Newman, writing in February 
1860 (Zool. p. 6889), shot some time previously near Cheltenham; and Mr. W. W. Boulton 
mentions (Zool. p. 8766) his having seen one, in 1863, which had been shot near Scarborough ; 
while the Editor has been informed by Mr. Howard Saunders (who is perfectly well acquainted 
with the Alpine Accentor) that on August 20th, 1870, he watched one for about a quarter of an 
hour on one of the highest Welsh mountains, most admirably refraining from shooting it, or 
even mentioning the fact to his guide.” 
In Scandinavia the Alpine Accentor does not occur; but it has been recorded from Heligo- 
land; and in Northern Germany it is occasionally met with, when, during the cold season, it is 
driven down by the severe cold from its home in the high mountain-ranges. Our friend 
Mr. Taczanowski informs us that it is found in the ‘latra Mountains of Galicia; and Count 
Wodzicki, in his excursion in the Tatra and Carpathians of Galicia in 1851, says:—‘“ I found the 
Alpine Accentor less shy in the Tatra Mountains than in the other mountains of Europe, as the 
appearance of man in these solitary parts does not cause them to show any signs of fear; and 
they did not seem to be aware of danger until I had fired several times, when they took refuge 
in the rocks, from which I could not dislodge them. If, however, a person hides himself, they 
soon return. I never met with them below the altitude of 4000 feet; in many mountains in the 
Tatra range they are found in small colonies of twenty to forty pairs, nesting on the Polish 
Tomanova and Czerwony-wierzch ; but in the Alps I have never found them so gregarious during 
the nesting-season. Clothed as they are with an abundance of soft plumage, they withstand the 
most severe cold; and only when the snow covers the seeds do they descend the slope of the 
mountains on the Hungarian side, and not on our side. Like the Larks, they feed in the autumn 
on seeds of various Alpine plants, and in summer on coleoptera and other insects. They are 
greedy, and get as fat as Buntings.” It occasionally straggles during the winter season into 
Belgium and the north of France. Baron de Selys refers to one having been taken in a garden 
near Antwerp during the severe winter of 1835, when a pair were seen, but only one bird 
secured ; and Degland and Gerbe state that it has been killed at St. Omer and near Bergues. In 
the south of France it is met with in the valleys of Provence during severe winters, but is by no 
means a common species there. In Portugal, according to Professor Barboza du Bocage, it is 
rare; but in Spain it appears to be more numerous. Mr. Howard Saunders writes that he 
“observed the Alpine Accentor in the Sierra Nevada; and a friend who this year ascended the 
Pichaco de la Veleta found it extremely abundant there. Mr, J. H. Gurney, jun., informs me 
that he saw one clinging to the masonry outside the signal-station at Gibraltar in December.” 
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