CHIFF-CHAFF. 



PHYLLOSCOPUS RUFUS. 



Family PASSERID^. Sub-family SYLVIIN^. Genus PHYLLOS- 

 COPUS. . 



Lesser Pettychaps Least Willow Wren. 



At the end of March we may expect to meet with 

 this little bird, for it is one of the earliest of our sum- 

 mer visitors, and at the same time one of the last to 

 leave us. Indeed there are many instances on record 

 of the Chiff-chaff trying to stay with us throughout 

 the winter. It is not so common as the Willow Wren, 

 but still it is a common bird in most parts of England 

 and Wales, though in Scotland and Ireland it is a good 

 deal scarcer. When here it is to be found in the 



