THE CHIPECHATE 
its precise whereabouts. The cock not unfrequently in- 
dicates the general locality by his persistent monotonous 
song in the branches near by. 
The adult Chiffchaff has the general colour of the 
upper parts brownish olive-green, brightest on the rump ; 
the greyish white eye-stripe is not very prominent ; 
the wings and tail are brown, the outer margins of the 
feathers olive-green, the inner margins of the tail-feathers 
greyish. ‘The under parts are yellowish white, merging 
into grey on the breast and flanks. Bill dark brown, paler 
below ; tarsi and toes dark brown, nearly black; irides 
brown. Length about 4% inches. The nestling resembles 
the parent, but is yellow on the under parts. 
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