. Birds in their haunts, by the late C. A. Johns . inches and a half ; breadth seven and a quarter. Eggs white, sparinglyspotted with dark purple. Whatever question there may be whether the name of Willow-warbler be appropriately applied to the last species, there canbe no doubt that the Chiff-chaff is well named. Let any one beasked in the month of May to walk into a wood and to hold up hishand when he heard a bird call itself by its own name, Chiff-chaff,he could not possibly fall into an error. The bird is so commonthat it would be difficult to walk a mile in a woodland districtwithout pass
. Birds in their haunts, by the late C. A. Johns . inches and a half ; breadth seven and a quarter. Eggs white, sparinglyspotted with dark purple. Whatever question there may be whether the name of Willow-warbler be appropriately applied to the last species, there canbe no doubt that the Chiff-chaff is well named. Let any one beasked in the month of May to walk into a wood and to hold up hishand when he heard a bird call itself by its own name, Chiff-chaff,he could not possibly fall into an error. The bird is so commonthat it would be difficult to walk a mile in a woodland districtwithout passing near one or more, and having httle to say, it seemsnever weary of repeating its tale, Chiff, chaff, cheff, chiff, chaff :the syllables have a harsh sound pronounced by human lips,but when chanted in the silvery notes of a little bird, in the seasonof primroses and wild hyacinths, and accompanied by the warbleof the Hay-bird, the full song of the Thrush, and the whistle of theBlackbird, they contribute not a little to the harmony of the
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