ClafsII. HEDGE SPARROW. 265 



ridged in the middle ; and round the bafe are feveral 

 fhort bridles : the infide of the mouth is yellow : the 

 legs and feet ihort and black* 



VII. The HEDGE SPARROW. 



Le petit Mouchet. Belon* a<v. Raii fyn. am. 79. 



375. La Favette ck haye, ou la pafle 

 Pocamida, obf. 12. bufe Curruca fepiaria. Brijon. 



Patter fepium AngU Aldr. a<v. ii. a<v. iii. 394. 



329. Jarnfparf. Faun. Suec./p. 245. 



Curruca Eliota (Zaunfchlipfle) Motacilla, Modularis. Lin.fyft. 



Gefner av. 371. 329. 



WiLorn. 215* Br. Zoo/, plate S. 1. f. 3. 4. 



THIS bird weighs twelve drams. Its head is D e f Cro 

 of a deep brown, mixed with afh-color, the 

 cheeks marked with oblong fpots 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 

 bread 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 thofeof 

 gardens. It makes its ned in fome fmaii bum, and 

 lays four or five eggs of a fine pale blue color. The 

 male has a fhort but very fweet note during a very 

 fmall fpace in the fpring. Linn^us feems not to have 

 been acquainted with this fpecies : 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./p. 247- 



T VIII. The 



