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tained a song, and it ^is at times delivered in the 

 twilight, like that of the Nightingale. 



WOOD-WKEN — 5i inches ; yellowish-gieen above ; pure 

 white below, hut throat clear yellow ; prominent yellow 

 eyebrow. Song, few warbled notes, followed by the 

 closely crowded notes of a shivering trill. 



WILLOW-WKEN — 5 inches ; olive above ; yellowish-white 

 below. Song, about fourteen warbled notes of equal 

 duration, successively lower in pitch and of diminished 

 force, forming a cadence repeated without variation. 



NIGHTINGALE— 6i inches; plain ruddy -brown above; 

 grayish-white below. Song morS varied and stronger. 



CHIPF-OHAFF.— Form, resembling Willow- Wren 

 (plate 27). Length, 4f inches. Dull olive-green 

 above ; wing and tail feathers dusky, edged with 

 olive ; inconspicuous yellowish- white eyebrow ; under 

 parts dull yellowish- vvhite ; legs and feet blackish. 

 Summer migrant. 



Eggs. — Usually 6, white, spotted with purplish- 

 brown, chiefly at the larger end, and occasionally 

 with a few gray blotches ; "6 x '45 inch (plate 124). 



Nest. — Domed, with entrance at the side, made 

 of dry grass, moss, and leaves, plentifully lined with 

 feathers, and placed on or near the ground in a hedge- 

 bank or low bush. 



Distribution. — General throughout England, but 

 local in Norfolk, Lancashire, and Yorkshire ; rarer in 

 Scotland ; common in Ireland. 



The Chiff-Chafi" is smaller and duller in colour than 

 either of its very similar relatives, the Wood-Wren and 

 Willow- Wren, but there is no striking feature in its 



