GENUS ACCENTOR. 



an example. Possessing, as we have before observed, a stronger bill than 

 the other Sylviadce, which are either entirely insectivorous, or, as that 

 member increases in strength, partly insectivorous and partly frugivorous, 

 the food of the Accentors consists principally of hard seeds, such as grain, 

 the seeds of grasses, and cruciform plants. They are birds which affect a 

 cold temperature, two of the known species being natives of mountainous 

 regions, and the third of the northern countries of Europe. 



SYNOPSIS SPECIERUM. 



ACCENTOR. 



1. Accentor alpinus. — A. supra fusco-cinereo dorso strigis fuscis vario, gula alba fusco macu- 



lata ; tectricibus alarum nigris, apicibus albis ; infra cancf rufescente macu- 

 lato, retricibus lateralibus apicibus rufo-albidis. 



Accentor alpinus, Bechsl. Naturg. Deut. 63. p. 700.— Temm. Man. d'Ornith. 



v. i. p. 248. 

 Motacilla alpina, Gmel. Syst. i. p. 957- 

 Sturnus collaris, Lath. Ind. Orn. vol. i. p. 323. sp. 5. 

 Sturnus Muritanicus, Lath. Ind. Ornith. vol. i. p. 325. sp. 11. 

 Collared Stare, Lath. Syn. vol. iii. p. 8. sp. 5. 

 Alpine Warbler, Lath. Syn. vol. iv. p. 434. sp. 25. 

 Le Fauvette des Alpes, Buff. Ois. vol. v. p. 156. t. 10. 

 Long. 6-7 pollices. 



Hab. Europa boreali, Britannia raris. 

 In museis Rev. Dr Thackeey, P. J. Selbii, et Gulielmi Jardine, Baronetti. 



2. Accentor modularis. — A. supra fusco-griseo, capite dorsoque maculis nigris, pectore cceru- 



lescente-cinereo. 



Accentor modularis, Cuv. Reg. Anim. vol. i. p. 368. — -Temm. vol. ii. p. 249- 



Motacilla modularis, Linn. vol. i. p. 329- — Gmel. vol. i. p. 952. sp. 3. 



Sylvia modularis, Lath. Ind. Orn. vol. ii. p. 511. sp. 13. 



Le Mouchet, Traine buisson, ou Fauvette d'Hiver, Buff. Ois. vol. v. p. 151. 



Accenteur Mouchet, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 247. 



Schiefer Bustiger Sanger, Meyer, Tasschenb. Deut. i. p. 245. 



Hedge Accentor, Selby's Illust. Br. Ornith. vol. i. p. 205. pi. 43. fig. 4. 



Hedge Sparrow, Br. Zool. i. No. 150. — Arct. Zool. vol. ii. p. 418 — Albin, vol. iii. 



t. 59 Lath. Syn. vol. iv. p. 419- sp. 9. — Mont. Ornith. Diet. — Lewin's Br. 



Birds, vol. iii. t. 102. — Pult. Cat. Dorset, p. 9. 



The Winter Fauvette, Bewick's Br. Birds, vol. i. p. 213. 

 Long. 5^-6 pollices. 

 Hab. Britannia, Europa meridionali. 

 In museis plerisque. 



3. Accentor montinellus. — A. capite nigro, corpore supra rufo-cinereo, maculis ochraceis, in- 



fra luteo, strigis brunneis vario. 



Accentor montinellus, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 251. — Lesson, Man. 

 vol. i. p. 298. 

 Long. pollices. 



Hab. Europa meridionali. 



