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cently killed by a neighbouring farmer, 

 who said that he had frequently seen it in 

 his fields during the former part of the 

 Winter : this perhaps was an occasional 

 straggler, which, by some accident, was 

 prevented from accompanying its com- 

 panions in their migration. Markwick. 



THE SMALLEST UNCRESTED 

 WILLOW WREN 



The smallest uncrested willow wren, or 

 chifF chaf, is the next early Summer bird 

 which we have remarked ; it utters two 

 sharp piercing notes, so loud in hollow 

 woods, as to occasion an echo, and is 

 usually first heard about the 20th of 

 March. White. 



This bird, which Mr. White calls the 

 smallest willow wren or chifFchaf, makes its 

 appearance very early in the Spring, and 

 is very common with us • but I cannot 



