SAXICOLIN^. ACCENTOR. 
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reside chiefly in stony places and open pastures, espe- 
cially those covered with small shrubs, but some frequent 
woods and thickets. On the ground they advance by hop- 
ping ; their flight is moderately rapid ; they feed on in- 
sects and worms ; form large nests, lined with soft mate- 
rials, and lay five or more eggs, generally blue. Most of 
them are migratory. 
GENUS XXXVIII. ACCENTOE. CHANTEE. 
Bill short, straight, somewhat conical, slender, a little 
broader than high at the base, compressed toward the end ; 
upper mandible with its dorsal line declinate and nearly 
straight, the ridge narrow at the base, then convex and some- 
what flattened, the edges with a very slight notch close to the 
slightly declinate, narrow, and rather obtuse tip ; lower man- : 
dible with the edges involute. Mouth rather narrow ; tongue I 
short, sagittate, narrow, terminated by two acute points ; 
oesophagus of moderate and nearly uniform width ; proventri- 
culus oblong ; stomach rather large, roundish-elliptical, com- j 
pressed, its lateral muscles thick, the ciiticular lining dense 
and longitudinally rugous ] intestine of moderate length and 
width ; coeca very small, oblong. Eyes of moderate size. , 
Nostrils longish, linear, in the fore part of the large nasal ; 
sinus, of which the membrane is bare anteriorly. Aperture ; 
of ear large, roundish. Head rather small, ovate ; neck short ; 
body ovate. Legs of ordinary length , rather slender 5 tarsus 
compressed, with seven anterior scutella ; toes of moderate r 
length, much compressed \ the first large, the lateral nearly 
equal, the third and fourth united at the base, all scutellate , 1 
claws rather long, arcuate, much comiiressed, laterally grooved, ^ 
acute. Plumage soft, blended, slightly .glossed ; no distinct ; 
bristles ; wings rather short, broad, much rounded, of eighteen | 
quills ; the first very small, the fourth and fifth longest ; tail; 
rather long, slightly arcuate, rounded. 
This genus is intimately allied to Turdus, Sylvia, and Saxi- 
cola, from which it differs chiefly in the involution of the; 
edges of the lower mandible. The stomach being very mus-j 
cular, the species are partly granivorous. 
