ACCENTOR MONTANELLUS. 
(MOUNTAIN-ACCENTOR). 
Motacilla montanella, Pall. Reisen Prov. Russ. Reichs, iii. p. 695 (1776). 
Sylvia montanella (Pall.), Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 526 (1790). 
Accentor montanellus (Pall.), Temm. Man. d’Orn. i. p. 251 (1820). 
Spermolegus, Kaup (Accentor montanellus, Pall.), Natiirl. Syst. p. 152 (1829). 
t Accentor temmincki, Brandt, Bull. Ac. Sc. de St. Petersb. 1844, ii. p. 189, fide Midd. Sib. 
Reise, ii. p. 172. 
Prunella montanella (Pall.), Bp. Cat. Parzud. p. 7 (1856). 
¢ Accentor fulvescens, Severtzoff, Turk. Jevotnie, pp. 66 & 132 (1873). 
Berg-Braunelle, German. 
Figure notabiles. 
Werner, Atlas, Jnsectivores, pl. 77; Fritsch, Vog. Eur. taf. 18. fig. 16; Naumann, Vog. 
Deutschl. taf. 92. fig. 2; Gould, B. of Eur. pl. 101; id. B. of Asia, part xxiii. 
3 ad. pileo centraliter cinerascenti-brunneo, pilei lateribus, loris et capitis lateribus cum regione parotica 
nigris, strid superciliari circum regionem paroticam ducta, guld, gutture et pectore ochraceis: dorsi 
plumis castaneis cinereo-fusco marginatis: remigibus fuscis extus pallidiore marginatis, secundariis 
intimis et tectricibus alarum vix castaneo notatis: uropygio et supracaudalibus cinereo-fuscis: cauda 
fusca, rectricibus vix pallidiore marginatis: corpore subtts imo pallidé ochraceo-cervino, hypochondriis 
vix brunneo striatis, subcaudalibus centraliter fusco fumosis: rostro nigricante, pedibus brunneis: 
iride fusca vix flavido tincta. 
2 ad. mari similis sed coloribus sordidioribus, corpore subtus albido vix ochraceo tincto. 
Adult Male (Kultuk, 14th April). Centre of the crown greyish brown, sides of the crown, lores, and sides 
of the head, including the auriculars, black; a broad yellowish buff band from the base of the bill over 
the eye and passing round the auriculars to the neck, joining the same colour on the throat and 
enclosing the auriculars and patch on the side of the head; back chestnut-red, all the feathers broadly 
margined with greyish brown; quills dark brown, with light-brown margins to the feathers, the inner 
secondaries and wing-coverts slightly marked with dull chestnut ; rump and upper tail-coverts greyish 
brown or ashy brown; tail dark brown, the feathers with slightly lighter margins; throat and breast 
warm ochreous buff, gradually fading on the abdomen to pale buff; flanks slightly striped with brown ; 
under tail-coverts with the centres of the feathers dull sooty brown; bill blackish; legs light brown ; 
iris brown, with a yellowish tinge. Total length about 6 inches, culmen 0°5, wing 2°85, tail 2°6, 
tarsus 0°75. e 
Adult Female (Kultuk, 20th April), Resembles the male, but is much duller in colour, the dark portions 
of the head brownish black, not black, and the underparts are buffy white instead of rich ochreous 
buff, 
