YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT 



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PLACE 



Atlantic Coast — 



Savannah, Ga 



Atlanta, Ga. (near) 



Southeastern South Carolina . . 



Raleigh, N. C 



Asheville, N. C. (near) 



Variety Mills, Va 



White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. 



French Creek, W. Va 



Washington, D. C 



Beaver, Pa 



Berwin, Pa 



Renovo, Pa 



Englewood, N. J 



Portland, Conn 



Cambridge, Mass 



Mississippi Valley — 



New Orleans, La 



Southern Mississippi 



Helena, Ark 



Eubank, Ky , 



St. Louis, Mo 



Brookville, Ind 



Petersburg, Mich 



Oberlin, O 



Chicago, 111 



Rockford, 111 



Keokuk, la 



Hillsboro, la 



Indianola, la 



■ Grinnell, la 



Iowa City, la 



Western United States — 

 Fort Brown, Texas . . 

 San Antonio, Texas . . 



Northern Texas 



Onaga, Kans 



Southeastern Nebraska 



Central Colorado 



Southern California . . . 

 Central California .... 



Oregon 



Chelan, Wash 



No. of 

 years' 

 record 



5 

 16 

 6 

 17 

 5 

 5 

 9 

 4 

 5 

 8 



7 



4 



5 

 5 

 7 

 II 

 6 

 6 



10 

 3 



5 

 10 



5 

 4 



.S 

 5 



4 



5 



6 



II 



7 

 5 

 4 

 5 

 5 



Average date of 

 spring arrival 



Earliest date of 

 spring arrival 



April 17 

 April 21 

 April 25 

 April 23 

 April 26 

 April 29 

 May 

 May 

 May 

 May 

 May 

 May 

 May 9 

 May 13 



April 19 

 April 18 

 April 22 

 April 23 

 Aprli 24 

 April 30 



May 5 



May 16 



May 17 



May 3 



May I 



May 7 



May 6 



May 5 



March 30 

 April 10 

 April 19 

 May 4 

 May 6 

 May 18 

 April 18 

 April 22 

 May 14 



April 14, 1902 

 April 16, 1894-95 

 April 14, 1891 

 April 18, 1888 

 April 21, 1891 

 April 18, 1896 

 April 29, 1897 

 April 26, 1893 

 April 26, 1904 

 April 29, 1890 

 May 6, 1902 

 May 5, 1894-95 

 May 5, 1886 

 May 8, 1894 

 May 15 



April II, 1903 

 April 17, 1890 

 April 16, 1896 

 April 19, 1889 

 April 21, 1885 

 April 26, 1886 

 May 3, 1894 

 May I, 1903 

 May 10, 1897 

 May 12, 1889 

 April 28, 1896 

 April 26, 1897 

 May 4, 1902 

 May I, 1887 

 May 2, 1 89 1 



March 26 

 April 5, 1890 

 April 16, 1886 

 April 26, 1896 

 April 29, 1886 

 May 14, 1894 

 April 5, 1885 

 April 14, 1885 

 May 4 

 Max 28, 1896 



Fall Migration. — The Chat migrates early. It deserts the northern 

 limit of its range in August and by the first of September few are left 

 north of 39 degrees latitude. Some dates of the last noted are at 

 Englewood, N. J., August 29, 1885; Renovo, Pa., September 21, 1897; 

 Berwyn, Pa., September 2, 1898; Washington, D. C., September 19, 

 1886; Raleigh, N. C, September i, 1888; Brookville, Ind., September 

 7, 1886; Bicknell, Ind., September 2y, 1894; Chicago, Ills., August 16, 



