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CHIFF CHAFF. 



LESSER PETTYCHAPS. LEAST WILLOW WREN". 



Sylvia tufa, TEMMIXCK. 



Motacilla hippolais, MONTAGU. 



Sylvia hippolais, LATHAM. JEXYNS. SELBY. 



Sylvia. Sylva A wood. Hippolais 'A bird called the 



Hedge Sparrow.' 



THIS diminutive bird extends in its European range as far 

 as Norway in the summer, remaining through the winter in 

 some of the southern parts of the Continent. It is common 

 in France, Germany, and Italy, and especially in Holland, 

 and has been observed also in Asia Minor. Specimens killed 

 in the more southern parts are said to have the yellow tints 

 much more brilliant than those obtained farther north. 



It is met with throughout England, from Sussex, Essex, 

 Suffolk, Norfolk, Derbyshire, and Worcestershire, to Cornwall, 

 Westmoreland, Durham, and Northumberland. In Yorkshire 

 it is common enough in most parts, but appears to be rather 

 scarce in the neighbourhood of Halifax, Huddersfield, and 

 Hebden Bridge. Near Falmouth it is uncommon: Mr. May 

 shot one on the 12th. of December, 1849, and on the 22nd. 

 of the same month another was killed at Swanpool, by Mr. 

 Williams, and several were seen near Penzance in February, 

 1852. In Devonshire it is very common. 



It has been noticed also in various parts of Scotland, 

 especially in the Lothians: in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh 

 Mr. Macgillivray says it is very rare. 



It occasionally visits Orkney during summer, but is not 

 known to breed there: one was killed in Sanday, by William 

 Strang, Esq., in November, 1850. 



