. The popular natural history . Zoology. 3ia THE HEDGE HEDGE SPARROW, OR ACCENTOR. {^Accentor modidarius.) mosses, wool, and hair, and the eggs are usually five in number, of a bright bluish green colour. Sometimes, but very rarely, six eggs are found in a single nest. The song ol the Hedge Accentor is sweet, but not varied nor powerful, and has a peculiar plaintive air about it. The bird is a persevering songster, continuing to sing turoughout a large portion of the year, and only ceasing during the time of the ordinary moult. Like many other warbling birds, it possesses considerabl
. The popular natural history . Zoology. 3ia THE HEDGE HEDGE SPARROW, OR ACCENTOR. {^Accentor modidarius.) mosses, wool, and hair, and the eggs are usually five in number, of a bright bluish green colour. Sometimes, but very rarely, six eggs are found in a single nest. The song ol the Hedge Accentor is sweet, but not varied nor powerful, and has a peculiar plaintive air about it. The bird is a persevering songster, continuing to sing turoughout a large portion of the year, and only ceasing during the time of the ordinary moult. Like many other warbling birds, it possesses considerable powers of imi- tation, and can mock with some suc- cess, the greater number of British song-birds. 1 he colour of the Hedge Accentor is bluish grey, covered with small brown streaks upon the head and the back and sides of the neck. The back and wings are brown, streaked with a deeper tint of the same hue, and the quill feathers of the wings and tail are of a rather darker brown, and not quite so glossy. The chin, the throat, and upper part of the breast are grey, and the lower part of the breast and the abdomen are white with a wash of pale buff, The legs and toes are brown, with a decided orange tinge, and the beak is dark brown. The total length of the bird is nearly six inches. The group of birds which are distinguished by the name of Parinae or Titmice, are easily recognizable, having all a kind of famliy resemblance which guards the observer from mistakingthem for any other bird. The first example of these birds is the Great Titmouse, an inhabitant of England and many parts of Europe. It does not mi- grate, finding a suf- ficiency of winter food in its native land. During the summer it generally haunts the forests, gardens, or shrub- beries, and may be seen hopping and running about the branches of the trees in a most adroit manner, searching for insects, and occasionallv knocking them out of their hiding-places by sharp blows of the bill. The beak of the Great Titmouse
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