INTRODUCTION. Ixvl Vol. I. Pl. LIT. 103. AEDON GALACTODES a = ar $ : y is ‘| S ‘hich S G eece Asia i or a t re among he countries fi quen ed b this spec es, W : , i . ASIc | and Nor h Aft 1¢ca a - Spalb, Eee ome le In ; { ft re t b ty ] e ki e( i K rlan¢ S e enumera ed among ifs rarest visitan S. l j ee Vy VIC x ll | 1n nela D i mus b ; S est t t he Ving en only ] 1 5 - . ae 7 T I n ic rant in the nor h O Hs lo iy a. On ny re urn mn i R { S 3e( iC \ rbier 1S evidently only a summe } S { f A erl j sc h 2 u ou WO lo al bl I ’ . VI A yu \ 1 \ V Ws i i i ae he a pot pre ‘iously b n one, al d generally away 1 Ze By L Ta f I saw scores her there S , ce rom he zab coun ry 10 yo SW € 1 | V 1 i iSl its i 7 1 is ar I re ils S n in any O h ah pos! 10n. Our common f V a cur S habit of raising its tail 3 1U Is harc My eV SEE ; the t rom water. It has a curious = Cis . . Pee “7 fe ue a oO W: rbler it appears British Nightingale has the same habit Ina less degree 3 bu with the Rufous Seds e 1 I 0 a rapt, = € pe ars f | itural to keep it raised 5 whether he bird is in n 10n av Ges 5 h al IS On Mi depressed at ye Ne 5 { S l 10 O est. the t l | intervals.” —J. H. Gurney, Jun. Family ACCENTORIN A. A group of Old-World birds, some species of which inhabit Europe and Asia, from the British Islands to Kamtschatka and Japan. They have been subdivided into three genera, decentor, Spermolegus, and Tharrhaleus, the types of the first and third of which are natives of Britain, namely 4. alpinus and ( : \ T. modularis. have, however, kept them both in the genus Accentor. Genus AccEeNTOR. 104. AccENTOR ALPINUS : : : E ; Vok I BE aie ALPINE ACCENTOR. Common in Switzerland and other rocky countries of Southern and Eastern Europe. An accidental visitant to England, where it has been killed or seen about a dozen times. 105. Accenror MODULARIS Vol. 1, BE Oe Hepce-Accenror or Hepce-Sparrow. Resident in the three kingdoms ; common in gardens.