THE WARBLERS 



white streak at each side of throat, separating the 

 olive-green and yellow areas. 



Song: A medley impossible to describe, full of chucks and gur- 

 gles — a strange mixture of sounds. As a singer, the 

 chat is in a class by himself; he is very different 

 from the other warblers. 



Habitat: Thickets and bushy pastures. 



Range: Eastern United States; winters from Vera Crux to 

 Panama. 



THE following statements regarding the Chat are 

 taken from Eaton's "Birds of New York": 



"The Chat is not a bird of the dense woodland or of 

 open situations, but is confined to thick coverts of shrubs, 

 vines, and young saplings, preferring a denser covert than 

 even the Chestnut-sided warbler and the Catbird. It is 

 rarely seen far from such situations. . . . 



Though the Chat is so averse to being seen, he will some- 

 times be found even within the limits of our villages and 

 cities where suitable thickets of considerable extent are 

 found and his loud song is frequently heard from village 

 streets and sidewalks." 



9. THE YELLOW PALM WARBLER 



Length: About Sy^ inches. 



Male and Female: Crown chestnut; line over the eye and ring 

 around the eye yellow; upper parts olive-green, 

 browner on the back; under parts bright yellow, with 

 streaks of brown on throat, breast, and sides; wings 

 sometimes edged with brown; tail edged with olive- 

 green; outer tail-feathers with white spots on inner 

 webs near tips. 



Song: Two songs, one "thinner" and more rapid than the other, 



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