HEDGE ACCENTOR. 187 
nearer the plains, and depends partly on the pro- 
duce of cultivation for its support. 
Bill brownish, with the base of the maxilla 
yellow. Head, nape of the neck, back, and 
breast, pale hair brown, on the back having the 
centre of the feathers blackish brown. Quills 
hair brown, margined with yellowish white. 
Greater and lesser coverts brownish black, termi- 
nated by a pale spot, and the former broadly 
margined with pale reddish brown. Tail subfur- 
cate, dark hair brown, margined with yellowish 
white, and each tipped with the same colour. 
The chin and throat yellowish white ; the tip of 
each feather blackish brown. This distribution 
of colour runs in an oval form, and marks the 
part where the brilliant crimson spot occurs in 
Caliope. The belly and flanks are orange brown ; 
the feathers margined with yellowish white. 
The under tail coverts are blackish brown, deeply 
margined with yellowish white. 
The Hedge Accentor — Accentor modu- 
lar is, Cuv. — Motacilla modularis, Linn. — Accen- 
tor mor/ularis, Cuv. — Accenteur mouchet, Temm. 
— Winter Fauvctte, Hedge Sparrow , Hedge Ac- 
centor of British authors. — The Hedge Accen- 
tor, more commonly known by the name of 
“ Hedge Sparrow,” is a common and frequent 
accompaniment among the heaps of fire wood, or 
brush and rubbish, pea stick or garden stakes, 
which may be often seen around the offices of a 
country dwelling, or vicinity of the garden and 
