THE WESTERN CHAT. 



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Taken in Oregon. Photo by H. T. Bohln 



AN ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION. 



MALE PACIFIC YELLOW-THBOAT FEEDING YOUNG. 



nd W. L. Finley. 



\'ery anxious to aid nie in finding their home. After tiring me witli their 

 deceit, they sneal<ed away fifty yards to the nest. A little later in the 

 season I happened to see the father carrying worms and discovered the 

 young \'ellinv-t]n-oats just about to leave home. 



William L. Finley. 



No. 83. 



WESTERN CHAT. 



.A. O. V. No. 683a. Icteria virens lon$>;icaiida (Lawrence). 



Synonym. — Lono-tailed Chat. 



Description. — Adult male: .Above grayish olive-green ; fuscous on exposed 

 inner webs of wings and tail; a prominent line above lores and eye, a short malar 

 stripe, and eye-ring, white ; enclosed space black on lores, less pure behind : throat, 

 breast, lining of wings, and upper sides rich gamboge yellow ; lower belly and 

 crissum abruptly white: sides washed with brownish: bill black: feet plumbeous. 

 .Idull friiialc: Wry similar: bill lighter: lores and cheek-patch dusky rather 

 than black: black appreciably lighter. Young: Dull olive above: head markings 

 of adult faintly indicated : l)elf>w grayish white, darker on breast, huffier behind. 



