Hepce-AccEnTonr. PASSERES. ACCENTOR. 205 
Genus XXX. ACCENTOR. ACCENTOR, Bechst. 
GENERIC CHARACTERS... 
Bill strong, straight, of mean length, and drawn to a fine 
point; the tomia of both mandibles bending: slightly in- 
wards; and the upper mandible emarginated. Nostrils ba- 
sal, naked, and pierced in a large membrane. Legs strong. 
Toes three before and one behind ; the outer one joined at 
its base to the middle toe. Wings having the first quill very 
short, and the second a little shorter than the third, which 
is the longest. 
Though nearly allied to the Warblers, and other prece- 
ding genera, yet the form of the bill, and peculiarity of ha- 
bits, entitle the Accentors to hold a distinct station in a sys- 
tematic arrangement. The few members of this genus are 
birds of a hardy temperament, and brave without difficulty 
the rigours of our sharpest winters. Their food is seeds of 
various kinds, with insects and worms. ‘The two sexes dif- 
fer but little in plumage, and their moult appears to be 
simple. 
* Hedge-Accentor.—Accentor modularis, Cuv. 
PLATE 43*. Fig. 4. 
Aecentor modularis, Cuv. Reg. Anim. 1. 368. 
Motacilla modularis, Linn. Syst. 1. p. 329. 3.—Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 952. sp. 3. 
Sylvia modularis, Lath. Ind. Ornith. v. 2. p. 511. sp. 13. 
Curruca sepiaria, Briss. 3. p. 394. 12. 
_ Le Mouchet, Traine Buisson, ou Fauvette d’Hiver, Buff: Ois. v. 5. p. 151. 
—Id. Pl. Enl. 615. f. 1. 
Fauvette de Bois, ou Rousette, Buff: Ois. v. 5. p. 139. 
Accenteur Mouchet, Temm. Man. d’Ornith. v. 1. p. 249. 
Schiefer Brustiger Sanger, Meyer, 'Tasschenb. Deut. v. 1. p. 245.—Frisch. 
t. 21. f. 2. B. 
De Winter Zanger, Sep. Nederl, Vog. v. 4. t. p. 404. 
Hedge-Sparrow, Br. Zool. 1. No. 150.—Arct. Zool. 2. p. 418. H.— Will. 
(Ang.) p. 215.—Albin. 3. t. 59.—Lath. Syn. 4. p. 419. 9.—Mont. Ornith. 
Dict.—Lewin’s Br. Birds, 3. t. 102.-—Pult. Cat. Dorset. p. 9.—Wale. Syn. 
2. t. 232. 
The Winter Fauvette, Bewick’s Br. Birds, 1. p. 213. 
