S.R., Apl. 28-Oct. 23. Cambridge,
abundant S.R., May 5-Oct. 20; occasional in
winter. N. Ohio, abundant S.R., Apl. 25-Sept. 25.
Glen Ellyn, common S.R., May 2-Oct. 2. SE. Minn.,
common S.R.

A fidgety, inquisitive inhabitant of bushy undergrowth along roadsides
and wood borders, whose impatient off-repeated call-note, _chack,
chack_, and energetic song of _wichity, wichity, wichity_, soon become
familiar to the bird-student. It nests on or near the ground and the
white, lightly spotted eggs are laid in the latter half of May.

The Florida Yellow-throat (_G. t. ignota_), a more deeply colored race,
is found from North Carolina to southern Florida. In the last-named
State it usually inhabits scrub palmetto growths.

YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT

_Icteria virens virens. Case 8, Fig. 49_

A large bird, superficially, quite unlike the true
Warblers but nevertheless agreeing with them in
essential structure. L. 7-1/2.

_Range._ Nests from Texas and northern Florida to
southern Minnesota and (locally) Massachusetts;
winters in the tropics.

Washington, common S.R., Apl. 16-Sept. 28.
Ossining, common S.R., Apl. 28-Aug. 29. Cambridge,
rather rare and irregular S.R., May 15-Sept. N.
Ohio, common S.R., May 1-Sept. 15. Glen Ellyn,
local, not common. May 10-Aug. 16. SE. Minn., rare
S.R. (?).

If the Chat lived in England what a wealth of lore, legend, and
literature would owe its origin to his strange ways and stranger notes!
Here he is known to few but the initiated, who find an endless interest
in his odd song-medley and peculiar antics. Go yourself to the
brush-grown, thickety wood borders and clearings he loves and let him be
his own interpreter. You may even find his nest low down in some crotch
with its white, evenly speckled eggs, and hear his angry _ch[)u]t_ as he
resents your presence.

HOODED WARBLER

_Wilsonia citrina. Case 8, Figs. 54, 55_

The yellow face and black 'hood' distinguishes the
male, but both sexes may be known by the large
amount of white in the outer tail-feathers. L.
5-3/4.

_Range._ Nests from Georgia and Louisiana north to
Michigan and Connecticut; winters in the tropics.

Washington, locally common, S.R., Apl. 19-Oct. 1.
Ossining, rare S.R., to Sept.