. An illustrated manual of British birds . eweather, any crumbs and sweepings that may be picked up in theneighbourhood of habitations. Its short song is commenced, evenin our islands, as early as February, and in the south of Europe itmay be heard all through the winter. The adult male has the head and nape bluish-grey, streaked withbrown ; ear-coverts brown; back and wings reddish-brown, withblackish streaks ; the lower wing-coverts tipped with buffish-white,forming a narrow but distinct bar; quills and tail dusky brown ;chin, throat and upper breast bluish-grey; belly dull white; sidesand f
. An illustrated manual of British birds . eweather, any crumbs and sweepings that may be picked up in theneighbourhood of habitations. Its short song is commenced, evenin our islands, as early as February, and in the south of Europe itmay be heard all through the winter. The adult male has the head and nape bluish-grey, streaked withbrown ; ear-coverts brown; back and wings reddish-brown, withblackish streaks ; the lower wing-coverts tipped with buffish-white,forming a narrow but distinct bar; quills and tail dusky brown ;chin, throat and upper breast bluish-grey; belly dull white; sidesand flanks pale reddish-brown, with dark streaks; bill brown, lighterat the base; legs and feet yellowish-brown. Length, 5-5 in.; wing tothe tips of 3rd, 4th, 5th and longest primaries 275 in. The female issomewhat less in size and duller in colour, and the streaks about thehead, neck and shoulders are smaller and more numerous. Theyoung have no slate-grey on the head and throat, and are brownerand more spotted than the adults. ACCENTOR I THE ALPINE ACCExXTOR. Accentor collakis (Scopoli). As might be expected, this mountain-loving species is only arare straggler to England. Its first recorded occurrence was atCambridge, where two of these birds were noticed climbing aboutthe buildings or feeding on the grass-plots in Kings College, one ofthem being shot on November 22nd 1822. Previously, however,an example had been obtained near Walthamstow, Essex, by , in August 1817. Subsequently several birds have beentaken—or their occurrence recorded by competent observers : onenear Lowestoft, Suffolk; one at Wells, Somerset; four in SouthDevon; one near Cheltenham ; one near Scarborough ; two nearLewes, Sussex; and one on the Llanberis side of Snowdon, onAugust 20th 1870, The last bird was exceedingly tame, hoppingabout a small stone-enclosure, where I watched it as long as I dared,being fearful of attracting the attention of the man who accompanieda pony ridden by one of the
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