ALPINE ACCENTOR. 



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grey, indistinctly striped with darker grey ; the rest of the upper parts are 

 brown, lightest on the rump, streaked with darker brown ; the wiugs are 

 dark brown, with reddish-brown margins and white tips ; the greater and 

 median wing-coverts are reddish brown variegated with black and tipped 

 with white ; the tail-feathers are dark brown, with pale buff tips ; the. 

 chin and throat are white, spotted with black ; the breast, belly, and under 

 tail-coverts are dark grey, shading into rich chestnut on the flanks, each 

 feather of which is margined with pale buff. Bill black at the tip, yellowish 

 at the base; legs and feet light brown; claws black; irides hazel. The 

 female does not differ from the male in colour, except that her plumage is 

 a trifle more dingy. The young birds in nestling-plumage are spotted both 

 above and below like a young Robin, and the white throat is absent. 



