PERCHING BIRDS 
682 . Belding’s Yellow-throat. Geothlypis 
beldingi. 
Range.— Lower California. 
This peculiar species is like the common Yel- 
low-throat but has the black mask bordered by 
yellow instead of white, and the black on the 
forehead extends diagonally across the head from 
in front of one eye to the rear of the other. Theii 
habits are like those of the other Yellow-throats 
and the nests are similar to those of the latter, 
which are frequently placed in cane over the 
water. Nests found by Mr. Walter E. Bryant 
were situated in clumps of “cat-tails” between 
two and three feet above the water; the nests 
were made of dry strips of these leaves, lined 
with fibres; the eggs were like those of the com- 
mon Yellow-throats but larger; size .75 x .56. 
682.1. Rio Grande Yellow-throat. Cham- 
cethlypis poliocephala. 
Range.— Mexico north to the Lower Rio Grande 
Valley in Texas. 
This Yellow-throat has the crown and ear 
coverts gray, only the lores and forehead being 
black. The nests and eggs of these birds, which 
are fairly common about Brownsville, Texas, do 
not differ from those of the other Yellow-throats. 
683. Yellow-breasted Chat. Icterin virens 
virens. 
Rio Grande Yellow-throat 
Yellow-breasted Chat 
Eastern United States, breeding from the Gulf 
coast north to southern New England and Min- 
nesota. 
This strange but handsome species is very com- 
mon in underbrush and thickets in the south; they are 
usually shy and endeavor, with success, to keep out of 
sight, but their strange song and calls, consisting of 
various whistles and squawks mingled together, are often 
heard. Their nests are built in bushes or briars at low 
elevations, being made of grass, strips of bark and leaves, 
lined with finer grass; their eggs are white, sharply 
speckled and spotted with various shades of brown and 
lavender; size .90 x .70. 
White 
683a. Long-tailed Chat. Icteria virens longicauda. 
Range. — United States west of the Plains, breeding from Mexico to British 
Columbia. 
This bird is said to be grayer and to have a slightly longer tail than the last. 
Its nesting habits and eggs are precisely the same. 
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