. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. NEST OF YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT Found amid a dense tangle of briers eyelid, and front iiart of cheeks, white; lores and around eye (immediately beneath the white mark on lower eyelid), black or dark slaty; sides of head, gray (sometimes tinged with olive-green), with narrower and indistinct paler shaft-streaks ; chin, throat, cheeks (except in front), chest, breast, upper abdomen, and front half or more of sides, rich f'ure Icinon-ycllozv, sometimes (in highly plumaged specimens) tinged with orange; flanks, pale gray ; rest of under parts, white, the u
. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. NEST OF YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT Found amid a dense tangle of briers eyelid, and front iiart of cheeks, white; lores and around eye (immediately beneath the white mark on lower eyelid), black or dark slaty; sides of head, gray (sometimes tinged with olive-green), with narrower and indistinct paler shaft-streaks ; chin, throat, cheeks (except in front), chest, breast, upper abdomen, and front half or more of sides, rich f'ure Icinon-ycllozv, sometimes (in highly plumaged specimens) tinged with orange; flanks, pale gray ; rest of under parts, white, the under tail-coverts, sometimes tinged with buff; under wing-coverts, yellow ; bill and inside of mouth, black; iris, brown; legs and feet, dusky bluish-gray. Adult Female: Similar to the adult male, but slightly smaller, and duller in coloration, the black or dark slate of lores and around eye usually replaced by gray, the yellow of under parts usually less pure or deep (that on sides of breast sometimes tinged with olive), the flanks and under tail-coverts more strongly bufTy, and the lower bill usually lighter colored. Nest and Eggs.â Nest: Built in midst of tangled thickets or briers from 3 to 5 feet up; constructed of dead leaves, strips of bark, dried grass, and weed stalks and lined with fine grasses. Eggs : 3 to 5, usually 4, pure white, tinged with pink when fresh, generally fairly evenly spotted with clearly outlined specks of chestnut and lavender, sometimes coalescing into a wreath around larger end. Distribution.â Eastern North America; breeds from southern Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ontario, Central New York, and southern New England south to southeastern Texas, southern parts of Gulf States, and northern Florida: winters from Pueblo, Vera Cruz, and Y'ucatan to Costa Rica; casual in Maine. l^'ew birds appear to ]i(issess aiiythiiif,' like a sense of humor. Most of tlieni seem to be con- tented enough, and many act and sinsjâespeci- ally in breeding time â as
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