436 ORNITnOLOGY. 



1258, 1259, nests and eggs; Parley's Park, Wabsatoh Mountains, Utali, Juno 23, 

 18G0. Nests about eighteen iucbes above the ground, in small briers or bushes, in 

 weedy nndergrowtli near stream. (Parents of both shot.) 



1.307, nest and eggs (4); Parley's Park, June 27, IStJ'J. Nest in bash, about a foot 

 from ground. 



l.'iCS, nest and eggs (3); Uintah Mountains, July 3, 1SG9. Nest among under- 

 growth of aspen-grove, in bush, a loot from ground. 



1380, S jui\; Uintah Mountains, July 7, 18G9. oj*— 7| Bill, black, the eommissuro 

 and basal two-thirds of lower mandible, deep lilaceous; iris, brown; tarsi, light lila- 

 ceousbrown; toes, darker. 



14.32, J j(a'.; Parley's Park, July 19, 1809. 5i— 7:J. Upper mandible, blark, the 

 tomium white; lower, lilaceous- wliite, the terminal third dusky; iris, brown; tarsi, pur- 

 jdisli-brown; toes, dark brown. 



ICTKRIA VIRENS. 

 Vi-llou-l>i'p:istcd C'liat. 



ft. loi/giramla — LotHj-taUvd Chat. 



Icteria lomjicmida, Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. U., N. Y., VI, April, 1853, 4.— 

 Baikd, B. N. Am., 18.58, 249, pi. 34, fig. 2; Catal, 1859, No. 177; lleview, 

 18G5, 230.— Cooper, Orn. Oal., 98. 



Icteria rirens var. hmgicamla, COUES, Kiw, 1872, 108; Check List, 1S73, No. 100a. 

 — B. B. & K., Hist. N. Am. Birds, 1, 1874, 309.— Hensiiaw, 1875, 20G. 



Icteria virens. b. lonf/icauda, CouES, Birds N.W., 1874, 77. 



The distribution of the Yellow-breasted Chat correspond.s so nearly with 

 that of the Maryland Yellow-tluoat, that they were g-enerally to be ft)und in 

 tlic same thicket; but its vertical range is somewhat greater, it being- fre- 

 quently met with in the lower portion of the carKUis. It wa.s equally common- 

 in California and the Interior, and appeared to be -in all respects the .same 

 bird as the eastern race. 1 ts song during- the breeding-season, like that of the 

 eastern bird, is conspicuous from its extreme oddity, as Avell as for its power 

 and variety; and we were often awakened at midnight by its notes, when, 

 but for the yelping of the prowling Coyotes {Caim latraua), the stillness 

 Avould have been unbroken. It was also observed that they were partic- 

 nlailv nnisical on bright moonliglit nights. 



Lht of Kptciniciis. 



2;>, nest and eggs (3); Sacramento, C.diforuia, June 11, 18(57. Nost in wild rose 

 brier, among undergrowth of oak grove. 



