YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT 



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PI,ACE 



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 



3 

 8 

 S 



16 

 6 



17 

 S 

 S 

 9 

 4 

 5 

 8 



7 

 4 



5 

 S 

 7 

 II 

 6 

 6 



10 



3 



S 

 10 



5 

 4 



5 

 5 



4 

 5 

 6 



II 

 7 

 S 

 4 

 5 

 5 



Average date of 

 spring arrival 



April 17 

 April 21 

 April >25 

 April 23 

 April 26 

 April 2"9 

 May 2 

 May I 

 May I 

 May 2 

 May 9 

 May 8 

 May 9 

 May 13 



April 19 

 April 18 

 April "22 

 April 23 

 Aprli 24 

 April 30 



May 5 

 May 16 

 May 17 



3 



I 



7 

 6 



S 



May 

 May 

 May 

 May 

 May 



March 30 

 April 10 

 April 19 

 May 4 

 May 6 

 May 18 

 April 18 

 April 22 

 May 14 



Earliest date of 

 spring arrival 



April 



April 



April 



April 



April 



April 



April 



April 



April 



April 



May 



May 



May 



May 



May 



April 



April 



April 



April 



April 



April 



May 



May 



May 



May 



April 



April 



May 



May 



May 



14, 1902 

 16, 1894-95 

 14, 1891 

 18, 1888 

 21, 1891 

 18, 1896 

 29, 1897 

 26, 1893 

 26, 1904 

 29, 1890 



6, 1902 



5, 1894-95 



5, 1886 



8, 1894 

 IS 



11, 1903 

 17, 1890 

 16, 1896 

 19, 1889 

 21, i88s 

 26, 1886 



3. 1894 

 I, 1903 



10, 1897 



12, 1889 

 28, 1896 

 26, 1897 



4, 1902 



1, 1887 



2, 1891 



March 26 

 April s, 1890 

 April 16, 1886 

 April 26, 1896 

 April 29, 1886 

 May 14, 1894 

 April s, i88s 

 April 14, l88s 

 May 4 

 May 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 27, 1894; Chicago, Ills., August 16, 



