Identifier: birdhomesnestseg00dugm_0 (find matches)
Title: Bird homes : the nests, eggs and breeding habits of the land birds breeding in the eastern United States; with hints on the rearing and photographing of young birds
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Dugmore, Arthur Radclyffe, 1870-1955
Subjects: Birds Birds
Publisher: New York : Doubleday, Page
Contributing Library: ASC - York University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: York University - University of Toronto Libraries

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Size—.71 x .54. Mr. Brewster speaks of these birds breeding in positiveabundance on Mount Graylock, in western Massachusetts, butelsewhere in southern New England known only as a rare springand still rarer autumn migrant. 681. Maryland Yellow-throat: Geothlypis trichas (Linn.) Eggs white with fine specks and spots of chocolate brown,the spots not very numerous and mostly at the larger end. See Page 69, Chapter II. 681b. Florida Yellow-throat: G. t. ignota Chapm. Eggs similar to those of the preceding species. See Page 70, Chapter II. 683. Yellow-breasted Chat: Icteria virens (Linn.) Adult—Upper parts olive green ; white line from the bill to theeye ; white ring round the eye ; throat, breast, and upperpart of belly bright yellow ; lower part of belly white,shading into gray at the sides. Length—7.44. Young birdsare brownish gray, lighter on the breast, the yellow showingwhen they attain their full size. Breeding Range—The Eastern States, from southern New Englandsouthward. 164
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YELLOVZ-BREAbTED CHATS NEST.Placed in a wild rose bush. Nests in Trees, Bushes, or Vines The nest is large and compact, built of leaves, grass, andthin strips of bark, with the lining of fine grass. It is placed usu-ally within four or five feet of the ground in the crotch of a smallshrub, and occasionally in a tangle of vines. Number of eggsfrom 3 to 5; they are white or pinkish white, rather sparsely andevenly marked with reddish brown spots; the spots are rarelyconfined to the larger end. Size—.92 x .72. See Fig. 6, Plate D. A chats nest may be found hidden in the dense undergrowthof a clearing, in swampy places, or in any kind of open thicket. It seems curious that, while the Chat is so crafty in hidinghimself from view, he manifests but little skill in concealing hisnest. By any one who does not object to penetrating the densethickets of briers and undergrowth, the nest may be easily found,for it is large and usually but poorly concealed by leaves. Thebuilder appears to rely al

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