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PETTVCHAP WARBLER. 



(Sylvia Hippolais.) 



Sy. virescente-cinereaj subtus Jlmescens, abdomine albido, super" 

 ciliis albidis. 



Greenish-ash Warbler, beneath yellowish, with the belly whitish, 



eyebrows white. 

 Sylvia Hippolais. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 507- 4. 

 Motacilla Hippolais. Lin. Syst. Nat, 1. 330. 7. — Lin, Faun, 



Suec. 248. — Gmel. Syst, Nat. 1. 954. 

 Least Willow Wren. Betvick. Brit. Birds. 1. 223. 

 Lesser Pettychaps. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 413.3. * 

 Pettychaps. Pen. Brit. Zool. \. 149. — Pen. Arct. ZooL 2. 418. 



G.—Lath. Gen. Syn, 4. 413. 3. * — Lath. Syn. Sup. II. 236. 4. 



Lexmn. Brit, Birds. 3. pi. 101. -^Mojit. Orn, Diet, 2, — Mont, 



Sup. 



The Lesser Pettyeliap Warbler weighs scarcely 

 two drams : its length is about four inches and a 

 half : it is the smallest bird found in England, the 

 Golden-crested Wren excepted : it greatly resem- 

 bles the Yellow Wren ; its principal marks of dis- 

 tinction from which consist in the prevailing 

 colour being scarcely tinged with yellow, and in 

 haying the legs dusky: both sexes are the same 

 in plumage. 



Common in many parts of Europe : with us it 

 is the earliest species of Warbler that arrives, being 

 often heard in the beginning of March, and to- 

 wards the latter end of that month appearing in 

 great numbers ; next to the Wryneck it is the 

 first migrative bird that appears : upon its arrival 



