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( Oeothlypis Trichas ) 



Anotlier member of tlie warbler family. This gay 

 little bird comes to us in early spring and stays through 

 the summer season. It may be seen among the fruit 

 tree buds and blossoms, searching for insects, of which 

 it is very fond. Its more permanent home is in low, 

 wet, marshy ground, where its pleasant notes may be 

 heard almost constantly. Plumage above, olive drab; 

 below, light; head jetty black, and the throat a bright 

 yellow. Eggs small; white, sprinkled with brown. 



YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, 



{Icteria Virens.) 



This is not a very common visitor. Its home is more 

 permanent in the New England States, where it arrives 

 about the middle of Fifth month, (May). It may be 

 found in bushy thickets and woods. Plumage olive 

 green above, breast yellow, a little white also to be seen. 

 Body long and rather slender; bill long, and curved at 

 the tip. In general appearance it somewhat resembles 

 the United States Cuckoo. Nest placed in a low tree 

 or bush, composed of coarse grasses and sticks, and 

 lined with finer material of the same kind. Eggs, four 

 in number, a rich cream color, spotted on the larger 

 end with brown and lilac. This bird has no particular 

 song. The Yellow-Breasted Chat belongs to the 

 warbler family, which comprises a great number of 

 species, all of which are small and mostly gaily colored 

 and nearly all of them are excellent songsters. 



