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NAME - Yellow-Breasted Chat A . 0 . U.NQ . -683 

 ( Icteria virens ) 



DATE - May 31, 1932 



NO.- 3 











INCUBATION- 



Fresh 





0.88 



x 0.70 



0.89 x O.69 



SIZES- o.89 



x 0.69 





SITUATION- In an old pasture, grown up with 

 briars, weeds and small trees, this bird made 

 its nest in a small White Oak about k' from 

 the ground amid tangled Greenbrier. The nest 

 was on a horizontal limb about two feet from 

 the trunk, supported by two adjacent branches 

 and the vines, it was composed of weed stems, 

 larger grasses, and several dead leaves and 

 had a lining of fine grasses and weed stems. 



The three fresh, oval, glossy 

 white eggs had spots and specks of tan and 

 lavender, more numerous at the larger end. The 

 adult bird kept within sight most of the time 

 we were at the nest. Dimensions of the latter 

 were Outside diam. : 5f" Inside diam. : 3" 



Height : 3t" Depth : 2" 



Gibson's Farm, near Big Stone Gap, Va. 



