. Key to North American birds [microform] : containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 108 SYLVICOLID^, AVAHIJLERS. GEN. 31). has while ei/clids. Rocky Moiiiitaiiis to the Pacific, U. S., ami southward. One of the most ahiiiulaiit \varl)lcrs in the mountains of Colorado, and common elsewhere in the West. Tricfias tohniei Nutt., 2d ed. i, 460; AuD., ii, 74, pi. 100; Bd., 248; Coop., 96 macgillivrayi. Subfamily ICTElUIXxE. Chats. A small gro
. Key to North American birds [microform] : containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 108 SYLVICOLID^, AVAHIJLERS. GEN. 31). has while ei/clids. Rocky Moiiiitaiiis to the Pacific, U. S., ami southward. One of the most ahiiiulaiit \varl)lcrs in the mountains of Colorado, and common elsewhere in the West. Tricfias tohniei Nutt., 2d ed. i, 460; AuD., ii, 74, pi. 100; Bd., 248; Coop., 96 macgillivrayi. Subfamily ICTElUIXxE. Chats. A small group, reccntlj' framed to accommodate the following gcnns and its two tropical allies ; it is perhaps questionable whether they are most naturall}' classed with tiie Warblers. Ideria shows the foUowin^^ points:—Larger than any other Si/lriculfda:; bill short, stout, compressed, culinen and commissure both curved, tip nnnotched, rictus unbristled ; wings much rounded, shorter or at most not longer than the tail. Sexes alike. Probably contains but one species. 39. Qenus ICTERIA Vieillot. YelloiL'-breasted Chat. Bright olive green, below golden j-ellow, belly abruptly white; lore black, isolating the white under eyelid from a white superciliary line above and a short white maxillary line below ; wings and tail unmarked, glossed with olive; bill and feet blue-black ; 7-7i ; wing about 3 ; tail about 3J. United States, north to JMassa- ^-\^ '-^^Bi^m^fi^mt- chusetts, abundant; an exclusive inhabitant of low tangled undergrowth, and oftencr heard than seen, except during the mating season, when it performs the extravagant aerial evolu- tions for which, as well as for the variety and volubility of its song, it is noted. Nest in a crotch of a bush near the ground: eggs 4-5, white, speckled with reddish brown. Pipra pohjglotta WiLS., i, 90 pi. 6, f. 2; Ideria viridis Nutt., i, 299 : Aud. Oru. Biog. ii, 223, V, 433, pi. 137 ; Bd., 248 ; Icteria i-jVph-sBd., Rev. 228. virens. Var.
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