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THE CHIFF CHAFF. 



Syliia rufa. 

 „ hippolak. 



Chiff Chaff is, with the 

 exception of the wheat- 

 ear, pied wagtail, and 

 meadow pipit, the earliest 

 of our summer visitors, 

 arriving in this country 

 sometimes in March, and 

 remaining until October ; 

 indeed, of all our small 

 warblers, it is the first to 

 come and the last to go. 



It is a pretty active 

 little bird, smaller than 

 the willow wren, and very 

 closely allied to another 

 species which has appa- 

 rently been quite over- 

 looked by naturalists. It 

 also bears a certain re- 

 semblance to the willow 

 wren, and is no doubt fre- 

 quently mistaken for it. 



The Chiff Chaff de- 

 rives its name from the 



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