236 
3s 
LESSER 
PETTICHAPS. 
4 
ee 
Aas 
PLacs. 
WARBLER 
are obferved to remain in the neft till they are grown very large, and: 
almoft as well feathered as the parents. 
Sylvia Hippolais, Ind. Orn. it. p. 507. 4. 
Motacilla Fitis, Waturf. 27. S. 50. 5. 
Leffer Pettichaps, Gen. Syn. iv. p. 413. 3.*. 
Chirping Willow Wren, Wdite’s Selborne, p. 45: 
apne has been fufficiently defcribed before in the Synopf GANG 
fometimes comes before the 20th of March f, but is in general: 
before the 1ft of Apr il, departing before the end of September; and is 
perhaps as early as any migrant, if we except the Wryneck: the 
weight is about two drams; length five inches;. breadth eight inches + 
the firft quills fhorter than the fecond,, and the two middle feathers. 
rather fhorteft. 
We believe this bird to be every where pretty common; but it has. 
not been obferved in Guern/jey, although the Willow Wren, a much 
more fcarce bird, is there in plenty.. 
This fpecies is perpetually finging, or rather chirping: the notes. 
Seemingly like the words Iwzt, Twit, Twit, Twit, Twit, haftily and 
delicately repeated, or as Mr. Beck/tein calls it Fit ;, and from whence 
he has derived his name. 
Sylvia melanocephala, Ind. Orn. ii. p. 509: 7-—=Cett. Wee. Sard. p.215. 
"THIS is faid to be fmaller than the Blackcap, but very like it; of 
a greenifh afh colour above, and grey beneath: crown black,. 
and a red band over the eyes. 
Inhabits Sardinia: has very little of a fong. 
+ T once heard it on the 14th of Masch. 
