BRITISH BIRDS' NESTS. 3* 



Time. April, May, and June. 



Remarks. Migratory, arriving in March and 

 departing in October. Notes : chiff-chaff, which 

 has also been represented as chip-chop, chivy-chavy, 

 choice and cheap. Alarm note, whoo-id or whoo-it. 

 Local and other names : Least Willow Wren, 

 Lesser Petty chaps, Choice and Cheap. A close 

 sitter. 



CHIFFCHAFF'S NEST AND EGGS. 



CHOUGH. 



(Pyrrhocorax gractilus.} 

 Order PASSERES ; Family CORVID/E (CROWS). 



Description of Parent Birds. Length about 

 sixteen inches. Bill rather long, slightly curved, 

 and orange-red. Irides hazel. The whole of 

 the plumage is black, glossed with purple ; 

 legs and toes red ; claws strongly hooked, and 

 black. 



The female is not as large as the male, and her 

 bill is shorter. 



