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Capture of the Yellow-breasted Chat at Albany, N. Y. — In the 
latter part of May, 1SS2, I observed two birds of the appearance of the 
Yellow-breasted Chat ( Icteria Virens ') in a sunny thicket between two 
small pieces of woods. But as they were silent and very shy, I was not 
positive of their identity. On the 19th of May of the present year, while 
collecting in the same thicket, I heard the unmistakable notes of a Chat. 
Its cries were very frequently uttered, but so shy was the bird, that, 
although searching for him nearly every day afterwards, it was not until 
the 26th of the same month that I secured him. 
On the 19th of May I also secured three Northern Phalaropes (Lobiffes 
hyfierboreus , Cuv.) at a small lake near Albany. — G. A. Lintner, 
Albany, N. T. Bull, N| 0. Q» 8, July. 1883, P. /So. 
Arrival s of Mig'y Birds , Sprirg-1886 , 
Central Park, N. Y. City, A. G-. Paine, Jr. 
May 11, Icteria virens, (683). Yellow-breasted 
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Icteria virens. — On June 17, 1895, I secured a male Yellow-breasted 
Chat in a bushy pasture at West Seneca. I first saw the bird two days 
before, when I spent some time looking for its nest. Also looked for the 
nest on the above date, but found none. This was the only bird I started. 
It is the second record for Erie County. — James Savage, Buffalo, N. V. 
Auk, XV, Oct., 1898, p p.33/-z- 
The Yellow-breasted Chat in Oneida County, N. Y. — On June 6, 1898, 
in a pasture, situated on high ground, well filled with second growth 
shrubs and bushes, and with a very small spring brook flowing through 
the centre, I took a nest and four eggs of the Yellow-breasted Chat 
(. Icteria virens). Only one pair of birds was found, and I am assured by 
Mr. Egbert Bagg, of Utica, N. Y., who was the compiler of the list of 
Oneida County birds, that this is the first known record of the occurrence 
ot the Yellow-breasted Chat in Oneida County. 
A Whip-poor-will (A utrostomus vociferus) made his first stop here this 
season, although they are resident in localities twenty miles to the east 
or west. — W. J. B. Williams, Holland Patent, N. Y. 
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Icteria virens. Yellow-breasted Chat.— Oh Memorial Day, 1895, 
neai Shelhv Center, I saw an individual of this species, using the opera 
glasses upon it at short range. I was led to the bird by first hearing it 
Pour forth a most indiscriminate medley of all kinds of notes. Also Mr. 
bred C. Lusk of llolley took a male in full plumage near that place May 
8, 1880, and another occurrence which I have not yet had opportunity to 
investigate is recently reported to me from the eastern part of the county. 
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