WOODLAND BIRDS. 



91 



No. 102. 



Genus: Icteria. 



YELLOW BREASTED CHAT, 



Species: I. virens. 



Distribution: 



A common summer resident of southern New England. 



Date of Arrival- 

 First of May. 



Date of Departure: 

 September. 



General Plumage: 



Upper parts olive green ; under parts yellow, belly white, 

 Bill and feet dark. Length about 7.00. 



Song and Other Notes: 



An indescribable, peculiar variety of notes and whistles. 



Hau7its: 



A bird of the thicket and low growth. 



