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 



s 

 16 



6 



17 

 5 

 5 

 9 

 4 

 5 

 8 



7 

 4 



S 

 S 

 7 

 11 

 6 

 6 



10 



3 



S 

 10 



s 



4 



S 

 5 



Average date of 

 spring arrival 



April 17 

 April 21 

 April 25 

 April 23 

 April 26 

 April 29 

 May 2 

 May 1 

 May 1 

 May 2 

 May 9 

 May 8 

 May 9 

 May 13 



April 19 

 April 18 

 April 22 

 April 23 

 Aprli 24 

 April 30 



May s 



May 16 



May 17 



May 3 



May 1 



May 7 



May 6 



May 5 



March 30 

 April 10 

 April 19 

 May 4 

 May 6 

 May 18 

 April 18 

 April 22 

 May 14 



Earliest date of 

 spring arrival 



April 14, 

 April 16, 

 April 14, 

 April 18, 

 April 21, 

 April 18, 

 April 29, 

 April 26, 

 April 26, 

 April 29, 

 May 6, 

 May 5, 

 May 5, 

 May 8, 

 May 15 



1902 



1894-9S 



1891 



1888 



1891 



1896 



1897 



1893 



1904 



1890 



1902 



1894-9S 



1886 



1894 



April 



April 



April 



April 



April 



April 



May 



May 



May 



May 



April 



April 



May 



May 



May 



11, 1903 

 17, 1890 

 16, 1896 

 19, 1889 

 21, 1885 

 26, 1886 



3, 1894 

 1, 1903 



10, 1897 



12, 1889 

 28, 1896 

 26, 1897 



4, 1902 



1, 1887 



2, 1891 



March 26 

 April 5, 1890 

 April 16, 1886 

 April 26, 1896 

 April 29, 1886 

 May 14, 1894 

 April 5, 1885 

 April 14, 1885 

 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 1, 1888; Brookville, Ind., September 

 7, 1886; Bicknell, Ind., September 27, 1894; Chicago, Ills., August 16, 



