CHIFF CHAFF. 



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INSESSOEES. 



DENTIROSTRES. 



SYLVIAD.E. 



THE CHIFF CHAFF. 



Sylvia hippolais. Lesser Pettychaps, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 508. 

 Motacilla ,, ,, ,, Montagu, Ornitli. Diet. 



Chiff Chaff, Bewick, British Birds, vol. i. p. 267. 



Trochilus minor, Least Willow Wren, ,, ,, ,, ,, 268. 



Begulus hippolais, Lesser Pettychaps, Fi.em. Brit. An. p. 72. 

 Sylvia ,, „ ,, Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 222. 



Chiff Chaff, Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. ill. 



,, ,, ,, ,, Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. i. 



,, rufa. Bee-fin veloce, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i.p. 225. 



With the exception of the Wheatear, the diminutive 

 ChifF Chaff is the first of the Warblers that visits us in spring, 

 and by his sprightly actions, as well as his oft-repeated 

 double-note, resembling the two syllables, ' Chiff, CliafF,' 

 from which he derives his name, is always a welcome visiter 

 as one of the first harbingers of returning fine weather. This 

 hardy little bird has been seen as early as the 12th and 



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