WARBLERS 



(683) Icteria virens virens 



(Linn.) {Gr,, the jaundice, hence yellow- 

 ish; Lat., being green), 



YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, 

 Ads. — Plumage as shown; throat and 

 breast very bright yellow; back, wings 

 and tail bright olive-green, shading to 

 dark gray on the neck and top of 

 head; forepart of crown and patch on 

 sides of head, including the lores, 

 black; white superciliary stripe and 

 white belly and under tail coverts. 

 L., 7.50. Ncsl — Of grass and weeds; 

 in bushes or tangled thickets, near the 

 ground; eggs white, spotted all over 

 with reddish-brown, .90 x .70. 



Range — Breeds from Mass., Ont., 

 Mich, and Minn, south to the Gulf. 

 Winters in Central America. (683a). 

 /. V. lo ngicauda Lawr. L O N G - 

 TAILED CHAT. West of the Miss., 

 from N. Dak. southward. 



the North Atlantic States as well as those in the Mississippi 

 Valley. I have observed quite a number of them in Massa- 

 chusetts in spring but have not found them during the fall 

 migration. 



It is usually found in dryer situations than the last species 

 and the male occasionally sings during the spring migrations 

 — a loud ringing song about midway in character between 

 those of Water-Thrushes and Maryland Yellow-throats. 



Their nests are ordinarily built in weedy patches or briers 

 about a foot above ground, the nest being quite bulkily but 

 firmly made of leaves and bark, lined with grasses and some 

 hair. 



MARYLAND YELLOW-THROATS, although bearing 

 the name of a comparati\'ely small state, ha^'e a wide dis- 

 tribution, the whole of eastern United States and southern 

 Canada. Almost every thicket, especially if it be in the least 

 moist, has as tenants one or more pair of Yellow-throats. 

 They are very vivacious birds being, in fact, the life of the 



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