yellow-tiieoated chat. 73 
alto?e*t? ^’P’ notched, pointed, and 
^an Wack ; the tongue is tapering, more fleshy 
the muscicapa tribe, and a little lacerated 
^ arcE*'*’ nostril is oval, and half covered with 
olaw rat)*” ^^hrane ; legs and feet, light blue, hind 
to thn ™ strongest, the two exterior toes united 
.jlje second joint. 
bla ”’‘'*7 distinguished from the male by 
Pur ®?', adjoining the eye being less intense 
m* tE *'''® male ; and in having the inside of 
is dirty flesh colour, which, in the male, 
alikg other respects, their plumage is nearly 
82. „ 
GENUS XVIII. — yiBEO, VlEln,. 
^^”■0 rxapiFBOivs, vimil . — huscjcafa stlvicola, wins. 
TELLOW-THKOATED CHAT. 
"■ILson, PLATE 
VII. FlC. III. — EDINBURGU COLLEGE MUSEUM. 
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'tPntinn,**'^™®'®^ found chiefly in the woods, 
^®d nlf' f^o high branches ; and has an indolent 
^'^'■iatio'*'*^*'^^ note, which it repeats with some little 
^'‘®ed fc ^®n or twelve seconds, like preed, 
ted.eygj fl’ often heard in company with the 
(jnuscicapa olivacea,) or whip-tom- 
^Iter ."^^^aica; the loud energetic notes of the 
former , ’8^, '"dth the soft languid warble of the 
^•trino-’ agreeable elFect, particularly 
nther'’a„ *® hurning heat of noon, when almost every 
loitcj. th P'tit these two is silent. Those who 
*^at hoii''*'" u shades of our magnificent forests at 
the*^’ 1 recognize both species. It arrives 
*ts vnii« 5 “nd returns ag.ain with 
''^hich “hout the middle of September. Its nest, 
®®Otetim fixed on the upper side of a limb, 
8®Perallv* * horizontal branch among the twigs, 
y on a tree, is composed outwardly of thin 
