Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America

The book that made American bird-watching possible in the field: keys, plumages, songs and habits for every species of the East, by the man who ran ornithology at the American Museum.

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Range (Florida and southern Georgia) (II)

Florida and southern Georgia.

WOOD WARBLERS.

This southern representative of the Maryland Yellow-throat is usually found in dense growths of scrub palmetto. Its song is quite unlike that of the northern bird. 683. Icteria virens (Linn.). YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT. Ad.- Largest of the Warblers; upper parts, wings, and tail olive-green; line from the eye to the bill, one on the side of the throat, and eye-ring white; throat, breast, and upper belly bright yellow; lower belly white; sides grayish. L., 7.44; W., 3.00; T., 3.07; B. from N., 41.

FIG. 110.-Yellow-breasted Chat. (Natural size.)

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