. The Saturday magazine . f Europe ; we havealso resorted to his figure, for the representation ofthis little harbinger of spring. The Chiff-Chaff sonearly resembles the Willow Wren (Sylvia trochilus)as to be frequently confounded with it; it may,however, be distinguished by its smaller size anddarker legs: in addition to this, the streak o\cr theeye is less apparent, and the general plumage not sofinely tinged with yellow. It is one of our earliestvisitors, and less common than either the WoodWren, or the Willow Wrenj differing from both inits habits and localities. Partial to groves and tall
. The Saturday magazine . f Europe ; we havealso resorted to his figure, for the representation ofthis little harbinger of spring. The Chiff-Chaff sonearly resembles the Willow Wren (Sylvia trochilus)as to be frequently confounded with it; it may,however, be distinguished by its smaller size anddarker legs: in addition to this, the streak o\cr theeye is less apparent, and the general plumage not sofinely tinged with yellow. It is one of our earliestvisitors, and less common than either the WoodWren, or the Willow Wrenj differing from both inits habits and localities. Partial to groves and tall trees, it frequents thetopmost branches, where it may be heard to utter itsshort song, composed of two distinctly-repeated notes,Chiff-Chaf, which have given origin to its usual name. The Chiff-Chaff is shorter than the Willow Wrenby about an inch, and proportionally less in all itsother measurements. 1833.] THE SATURDAY MAGAZINE. 93 The Great Plover arrives in England about thelatter end of March, or beginning of TTie Plover, (CiiARAnnius cedicnemus, Linntcus.)It lays its eggs (generally two, never more thanthree,) on the bare ground, without any nest, in thefield; so that the countryman, in stirring his fallows,often destroys them. The young run immediatelyfrom the eggs, like partridges, &c., and are withdrawnto some flinty field, by the dam, where they sculkamong the stones, which are their best security; fortheir feathers are so exactly of the colour of our grayspotted flints, that the most exact observer, unlesshe catches the eye of the young bird, may be eggs are short and round, and of a dirty white,spotted with dark blood-red blotches. They livewith us all the spring and summer, and at the begin-ning of autumn prepare to take leave, by getting to-gether in flocks. They are not fond of going near the water, but feedon earth-worms, that are common on sheep-walksand downs. ^SOP, AND HIS all ages and nations, the fables of ^sop have been
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