LONG-TAILED CHAT. 
683a. Icteria virens longicauda. 7 \{> inches. 
Range. —Western United States, breeding from British 
Columbia to Mexico. They are an attractive bird both in 
looks and habits. They are great singers, but nature seemed 
to give them no special song of their own, and they make 
good attempts to mimic the song of any bird in their locality, 
and keep continually at it. They like the bramble and vine- 
covered hillsides, where it is hard to obtain a sight of the 
bird. They build their nests in the thickest of such places 
a few feet from the ground, made up of shreds of vines, 
leaves and twigs, lined with grass. Pour white eggs, spotted 
with tine dots of shades of brown (.90 x.70). 
PILEOLATED WARBLER. 
685a. Wilsonia pusilla pileolata. 5 inches. 
Range. —Western North America, breeding in Oregon, Wash¬ 
ington and California to Mexican borders. These little birds, 
with their deep yellow under-parts and breast, and little cap 
of jet black, are quite common about many of the orchards 
and gardens when the trees are in full blossom, taking in¬ 
sects that abound at that time. They nest in moist grounds 
in a slight depression or in low bushes, made of fibers and 
grass. 
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