THE SIBERIAN ACCENTOR.

The SIBERIAN ACCENTOR (_Tharraleus montanellus_) is blackish brown upon

the top of the head, bridles, and region of the eye; a broad yellowish

white stripe passes over the eyebrow, and almost encircles the head; the

nape is grey, and the back reddish brown, spotted with a deeper shade;

the throat and lower tail-covers are whitish; the region of the crop and

the upper part of the breast are deeply shaded with reddish yellow, and

marked with crescent-shaped black spots; the sides of the breast are

shaded with reddish yellow and reddish brown. The eye is pale yellowish

brown, the mandibles greyish black, the lower one lightest at the base,

the foot is of a dirty yellowish white. This species is from four inches

and two-thirds to five inches and one-third long; the wing measures two

inches and seven lines, and the tail about two inches and six lines. This

beautiful bird inhabits Siberia, and has been found in Hungary, Dalmatia,

and Italy.

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