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SYLVIADiE. 
INCESSORES. S YL VIA D/E. 
DENTIR OS TRES. 
ALPINE ACCENTOR. 
Accentor alpinus. 
PLATE XXVII. FIG. II. 
This species, as its name implies, is an inhabitant of 
Alpine countries. It is met with in the mountainous 
regions of Europe, and especially of those districts which 
are of a rugged and rocky character. Mr. Selby says 
that “it is very common upon the Swiss Alps, and may 
be always seen by travellers in the environs of the con¬ 
vent upon Mount St. Bernard. In summer it ascends to 
very elevated stations, where it breeds in holes and under 
ledges of the rocks.” I have seen many of them, during 
the breeding-season, on the Pass of the Gemmi, and on 
the ascent of the Great St. Gothard from Fluellen, before 
reaching the Devil’s Bridge. Its nest is composed, like 
that of the hedge-sparrow, of moss, dry grass, and wool, 
lined with hair. The eggs are four or five in number, 
and like those of the allied species, of a beautiful spotless 
blue, but rather more intsnse in their colouring. 
