Canary Islands chiffchaff an active little bird with quick and frenzied movements, frequently flicking its wings and wagging or flicking its tail. Canary Islands chiffchaff The Canary Islands chiffchaff ("Phylloscopus canariensis") is a species of leaf warbler endemic to the Canary Islands, Spain. Sometimes the English name is spelled Canary Island chiffchaff. Previously the Canary Island chiffchaff was considered as a subspecies of the common chiffchaff ("Phylloscopus collybita"). Now it is recognised as a separate species under the name "Phylloscopus canariensis". There are two recognised subspecies but the Lanzarote subspecies is probably extinct; they are. The Canary Islands chiffchaff is similar to the
The Birds' Christmas Carol illness (possibly tuberculosis), and, by the time she is 10, she is bedridden; physicians say that she does not have long to live. Most of the brief novel's plot involves Carol making plans for a Christmas celebration for the nine Ruggles children, a poor, working-class family living near the Birds. Wiggin's story is primarily a moral tale about a saintly child, but unlike many other such stories of the period, Carol is refreshingly intelligent and cheerful instead of pious. The story is also enlivened by many humorous touches, particularly in the scenes of the Ruggles family's home life. In 1917,