ACCENTOR MODULARIS. 
(HEDGE-SPARROW.) 
Curruca sepiaria, Briss. Orn. iii. p. 394 (1760). 
Motacilla modularis, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 329 (1766). 
Le Traine-buisson ou Mouchet, Buff. Hist. des Ois. vi. p. 58 (1783). 
Sylvia modularis, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 511 (1790). 
Motacilla modularis, Bechst. Gemeinn. Naturg. Deutschl. iv. p. 570 (1795). 
Sylvia modularis, Bechst. Orn. 'Taschenb. i. p. 183 (1802). 
Prunella modularis, Vieill. Nouv. Analyse, p. 43. no. 141 (1816). 
Accentor modularis, Koch, Baier. Zool. i. p. 196 (1816). 
Tharraleus modularis, Kaup, Nat. Syst. pp. 137, 192 (1829). 
Accentor pinetorum, C. L. Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 457 (1831). 
Hedge-Sparrow, Dunnock, Nettlecreeper, Hedge-Chanter, Shufflewing (Wrens-man, south of 
Ireland; feefogue, in Wexford), English; Mouchet, Traine-buisson, French; Hecken- 
braunelle, German; Boeren-nachtegall, Dutch; Brumellen, Danish; Jernsparf, Swedish ; 
Blaairisk, Jernspuv, Norwegian; Rautiainen, Finnish; Zavirooshka lwisnaya, Russian. 
Figure notabiles. 
D’Aubenton, Pl. Enl. 615. fig. 1; Werner, Atlas, Jnsectivores, pl. 76; Kjerb. Orn. Dan. 
taf. xxiv.; Fritsch, Vog. Eur. pl. xxv. fig. 15; Sundevall, Sv. Fogl. pl. xv. fig. 1; Gould, 
B. of Eur. pl. 100; Naumann, Vog. Eur. taf. 92. figs. 3, 4; Schleg. Vog. Nederl. pl. 122; 
Bettoni, Ucc. Lomb. tav. 52. 
Ad. capite et nucha cinereo-fuscis brunneo notatis, hac cinereo lavaté: dorsi plumis saturaté brunneis rufescente 
marginatis: uropygio saturaté brunnescenti-olivaceo: remigibus saturaté fuscis vix pallidé brunneo 
terminatis, primariis in pogonio externo saturaté cervino, et secundariis ferrugineo marginatis: tec- 
tricibus alarum scapularibusque dorso concoloribus, tectricibus majoribus maculis minutis albicanti- 
Cervinis apicatis : rectricibus saturaté fuscis brunnescenti-olivaceo marginatis: gula sordidé albida: facie 
laterali sordidé cinerea: regione paroticé brunnescente adumbrata: jugulo, pectore superiore et sub- 
alaribus ceerulescenti-cinereis: abdomine albido: hypochondriis pallidé brunneo lavatis, plumis omnibus 
medialiter saturaté fusco notatis: subcaudalibus albis fusco maculatis: rostro brunneo ad basin saturaté 
carneo: iride brunned: pedibus flavicanti-brunneis. 
Adult Male (Olympus). Head and nape brownish grey, each feather with a dark brown centre; nape greyer 
than the crown; feathers of the back, scapulars, and upper wing-coverts dark brown in the centre, and 
broadly edged. with reddish brown; rump dark dull olive-brown; quills dark brown, slightly tipped 
with dull light brown, and on the outer web edged with dull buff on the primaries and rufous brown 
on the secondaries ; larger wing-coverts tipped with yellowish brown, forming an irregular band ; tail 
dull brown, most of the feathers edged with olive-brown; throat greyish white; sides of the head and 
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