CHIFF CHAFF. 
LESSER PETTYCHAPS. LEAST WILLOW WREN. 
Sylvia rufa, TEMMINCK. 
Motacilla hippolais, Monraau. : 
Sylvia hippolais, LatuamM. JENYNS. SELBY. 
Sylvia. Sylwa—A wood. Hippolais—‘A bird called the 
Hedge Sparrow.’ 
Tuis 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. 
Tt is met with throughout England, from Sussex, Essex, 
Suffolk, Norfolk, Derbyshire, and Worcestershire, to Cornwall, 
Westmoreland, Durham, and Northumberland. In Yorkshire 
it 1s 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. 
