. Key to North American birds. 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, inclusive of Greenland and lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology, an outline of the structure and classification of birds, and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds . than broad at nostrils), thence compressed ;unnotched, unbristled, with much curved culmen and commissure. Frontal feathers reachingnostrils, which are subcircular and scaled. Wing
. Key to North American birds. 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, inclusive of Greenland and lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology, an outline of the structure and classification of birds, and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds . than broad at nostrils), thence compressed ;unnotched, unbristled, with much curved culmen and commissure. Frontal feathers reachingnostrils, which are subcircular and scaled. Wings much rounded, shorter or not longer thangraduated tail. Tarsus partly booted, longer than middle toe ; feet stout. Inner toe cleft tothe degree usually seen in this family. Of largest size for this family. Form stout. Color-ation simple, chiefly olive, yellow, and white. Sexes alike. Nest in bushes. Eggs white,spotted. Probably only one species. I. virens. (Lat. rirens, being green. Figs. 195, 196.) Yellow-breasted Chat. Poly-glot. Clown. Charlatan. Mountebank. Adult ^ 9 ■ Bright olive-green, belowgolden-yelhnv, belly abruptly white: lore black, isolating the white under eyelid from a white : AMERICAN WARBLERS. 339 superciliary line above and a short white maxillary line below; wings and tail unmarked,glossed with olive; bill blue-black ; feet plumbeous. Length about ; extent about ;. Fig. 195. — Yellow-breasted Chat. wing about ; tail about Little diflference with age, sex, or season in the plumage oftins rich bird; very young have the fore under parts gray or white slashed with yellow, noblack on lore, and lower mandible pale ; white of belly andcrissum tinged with buff. Eastern U. S., N. to Massachu-setts, S. Minnesota, and S. Ontario; breeds throughoutits range; winters through E. Mexico to Central exclusive inhabitant of low tangled undergrowth, andoftener heard than seen, except during the mating season,when it performs the
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