CrassIl. HEDGE SPARROW. 
cheeks marked with oblong {pots of dirty white: 
the back and coverts of the wings are dufky, 
edged with reddifh brown: the quil-feathers and 
tail dufky: the rump brown, tinged with green: 
the throat and breaft are of a dull afh color: the 
belly of a dirty white: the fides, thighs, and 
vent-feathers are of a pale tawny brown: the legs 
of a dull flefh color. 
This bird frequents low hedges, efpecially thofe 
of gardens. It makes its neft in fome {mall bufh, 
and lavs four or five eggs of a fine pale blue 
color: during the breeding feafon has a remark- 
able flirt with its wings. ‘The male has a fhort but 
very {weet plaintive note, which it begins with the 
firft frofty mornings, and continues till a little time 
in the fpring. This is the Motacilla Modularis of 
Linnzus; the bird which he fuppofes to be our 
hedge fparrow, and defcribes under the title of 
Motacilla curruca,* differs in colors of plumage 
as well as eggs. 
* Faun. Suec. fp. 247. 
Vor. £. Ce Chofti, 
377 
