







THE CHIFF-CH ARS 
(Sylvia hippolais.) 
THE upper parts are yellowish-brown ; over each 
eye a slight yellow line extends from the back to the 
ear; the under parts are yellowish-white ; legs slender 
and brown. Length, four inches and a half. The 
female resembles the male. Eggs svhite, scantily 
spotted with purplish-brown. 
The Chiff-chaff derives its name from the too fre- 
quent note uttered by it; and when taking a stroll 
through an orchard or wood in the spring, we can- 
not fail to hear its name almost every minute, as 
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