. Birds of North Carolina . eye-ring white; throat, breast, and upperbellybright yellow; lower bellv white; sides grayish. L., ; \V., ; T., ; B. from X.,.41. (Chap., liirils of E. X. A.) /Ja/isc—Eastern United States, wintering in Mexico and Central America. Rajige in Xorlh CuroUua.— and western portions in summer. The Chat, also locally called Pompey, is an ainmdant smnmer visitor in cen-tral and western North Carolina, occm-ring almost everywhere in stumy thicketsand among low second-growth trees. It arrives al)out the <dose of the tliird week Descriptive List 305 in Ap
. Birds of North Carolina . eye-ring white; throat, breast, and upperbellybright yellow; lower bellv white; sides grayish. L., ; \V., ; T., ; B. from X.,.41. (Chap., liirils of E. X. A.) /Ja/isc—Eastern United States, wintering in Mexico and Central America. Rajige in Xorlh CuroUua.— and western portions in summer. The Chat, also locally called Pompey, is an ainmdant smnmer visitor in cen-tral and western North Carolina, occm-ring almost everywhere in stumy thicketsand among low second-growth trees. It arrives al)out the <dose of the tliird week Descriptive List 305 in April, and lias been noted as late as September 13 at Raleigh, and October 1 atAsheville. It appears to be absent from the eastern border of the State. The Chat is a noisy, though shy bird, and is also one of the few species that singat night as well as in the daytime. When singing, it frequently flies upward withflapping wings and jerking tail, finally finishing its performance by a quick diveinto a neighboring Fig. 249, Yellow-bbeastkd Chat. The eggs are three or four in number, laid in ^Nlay and June. These are purewhite with a glossy surface, marked with specks and spots of some shade of .92 X .71. The nest is placed among briars or in a small bush at a height ofone to five feet from the ground, and is constructed of grass or of weed stems, linedwith fine grass or roots. Genus Wilsonia (Bonap.) KEY TO SPECIES. 1. Tail-feathers blotched with white. Hooded Warbler. 1. Tail-feathers unblotched. See 2. 2. Underparts yellow without streaks. Wilsons Warbler. 2. Underparts yellow with a chain of black streaks across breast. Canada Warbler. ^ 310. Wilsonia citrina {Bodd.). Hooded Warbler. Description.—^Bright yellow oUve, bright yellow below. Male with breast, crown, and neckall .around jet black, inclosing a broad yellow mask; female with the black reduced or measurements of 74 specimens from Bertie and Wake counties: L., ; W.,
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