34 NESTS AND EGGS OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



length from .84 to .95, and .65 to .70 in breadth. The Chat in- 

 habits shrubbery, and, in fact, any kind of undergrowth, placing the nest 

 in a thick bush, usually two or three feet from the ground, composed of 

 withered leaves, dry grasses, strips of bark, and lined with fine grasses. 

 Breeds throughout its United States range. 



Hab. Eastern U. S,; north to INIassachusetts; west to the Plains, beyond which it is replaced by var. 

 longicauda. 



123^:. Long-tailed Chat — icteria virens longicauda. Markings same 

 as those of the preceding species; from .95 to i.oo in length, average 

 breadth of .70. The nidification essentially the same as those of the 

 preceding species. 



Hab. Western and Middle Province of United States; east to Missouri River and Texas, Cape St. Lucas 

 and Western Mexico. 



124. Hooded Warbler — myiodioctes mitratus. White, tinged with 

 flesh color, spotted with red, with a few markings of subdued purple; 

 three or four and measure from .62 to .68 in length by .46 to .50 in 

 breadth. This Warbler breeds throughout its United States range. It is 

 one of the liveliest of its tribe, and frequents thickets and undergrowth. 

 The nest is placed in a bush or low tree, within a few feet from the ground. 

 It is composed of leaves, grasses, fine inner bark, moss, and lined with 

 fine grass and horse-hair. 



Hab. Eastern United States, rather southerly ; north to the Connecticut Valley; west to Kansas; south 

 to Mexico and Central America. 



125, Black-capped Yellow Warbler — myiodioctes pusillus. White, 

 dotted with reddish-brown, chiefly at the larger end; four or five, size .60 

 by .49. Little is known in regard to the breeding habits of the Green 

 Black-capped Flycatching Warbler. It breeds from the latitude' of Massa- 

 chusetts northward. The nest is built on the ground, composed of moss 

 and small twigs, lined with vegetable fibres. The nest and eggs are, in all 

 probability, similar to those of the following western variety, pileolatus. 



Hab. Whole of North America, Mexico and Central America. 



125(^. Pileolated Warbler — myiodioctes pusillus pileolatus. Dull- 

 whiti.sh, thickly freckled with dark, rusty-brown, with some slight lilac 

 markings and a few blotches at the larger end; four or five in number and 

 measure .60 by. 50. A nest of this variety is described as built on the 

 ground at the edge of a swamp. Mr. B. W. Evermann writes me that he 

 found a nest near San Buenaventura, Cal, May 23, 1881. This was placed 

 about one foot from the ground in a clump of blackberry bushes. It was 

 made of leaves of the blackberry, very loosely put together, lined with 

 fine strips of bark and a few horse-hairs. This nest contained four eggs. 



Hab. Pacific Coast of North America. 



