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Painted

1911

Published

1930

Volume

11

Plate

683-683a

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Yellowbreast Chat

Icteria vireus vireus

DESCRIPTION

At times hiding with Indian elusiveness, then parading boldly and shouting like the ballyhoo man of a Med Show, this goldenbreast artist is perhaps our most individual bird. With nothing of the Warbler in voice or manner they have been placed in that family because systematists decided that was the only place where they fitted.

Long before vaudeville and jazz were inflicted, CHATS were giving performances from the Atlantic to Pacific.

Nearly all birds and animals, including the Honorable Mr. Sapiens, are lured by curiosity. One May morning a Chat in the valley, reiterated Come here! come here! COME HERE! so persistently that I went among the alders and sat on an old down maple trunk. The invitation call changed to wut, wut, wut you du'in here? Then silence.

My pipe smoke rose lazily — a Swamp Sparrow and YELLOWTHROAT looked me over casually. Some leaves trembled near a white birch tip. Something was there but I could not see how it had gotten in for that sapling had been within my vision for five minutes. One leaf seemed a little lighter green — ah — a glimpse of yellow — now what?

Plenty. A low ventriloquistic series of chuckles — the actor was peeking thru the curtain — the audience was in his seat. Now!

The interlocutor queried — the end man answered and laughed at his own joke. That is not artistry, Icteria! but I forgave the lapse — the audience grinned too. A slight pause.

How's that?

More jokes — then Kreisler touched The Old Refrain, bits of old songs, older chanties, drifted over the pale green foliage and in the midst of "Roll a man down," the sailor sprang aloft. Head, wings and tail bobbing spasmodically with a medley of calls, whistles and notes that it seemed as tho boatswain, clown and visitors were striving to shout each other down.

There it is — as nearly as my pen can ink it — but the only way to sense the Chat's originality is to go into his own country and listen. If you can catch one in the mood some moonlit night — you will remember the experience.

BREEDING

NEST: A coarse bulky structure of leaves, grass and bark strips, lined with fine grass; located within a few feet of the ground in bush or sapling.

EGGS: Usually 4, white or pinkish spotted over surface or wreathed with rufous.

RANGE

Eastern United States, west to Mississippi valley, south to Georgia, and Texas.

Longtail Chat

Icteria vireus longicauda

DESCRIPTION

In habits and breeding this subspecies does not differ from the Yellowbreast Chat.

BREEDING

RANGE

Western United States from southern British Columbia, central Montana and Nebraska, south into Mexico.

Blackberry

DESCRIPTION

yellowbreast-chat-longtail-chat
black-and-white-warbler
Black and White Warbler
636
golden-swamp-warbler
Golden Swamp Warbler
637
swainson-warbler
Swainson Warbler
638
wormeating-warbler
Wormeating Warbler
639
bachman-warbler
Bachman Warbler
640
bluewing-warbler
Bluewing Warbler
641
goldenwing-warbler
Goldenwing Warbler
642
lucy-warbler
Lucy Warbler
643
virginia-warbler
Virginia Warbler
644
nashville-warbler-calaveras-warbler
Nashville Warbler, Calaveras Warbler
645-645a
orangecrown-warbler
Orangecrown Warbler
646
lutescent-warbler-dusky-warbler
Lutescent Warbler, Dusky Warbler
646a-646b
tennessee-warbler
Tennessee Warbler
647
parula-warbler-northern-parula-warbler
Parula Warbler, Northern Parula Warbler
648-648a
sennett-warbler
Sennett Warbler
649
oliva-warbler
Olive Warbler
650
cape-may-warbler
Cape May Warbler
651
yellow-warbler
Yellow Warbler
652
sonora-yellow-warbler-alaska-yellow-warbler-california-yellow-warbler
Sonora Yellow Warbler, Alaska Yellow Warbler, California Yellow Warbler
652a-652b-652c
mangrove-warbler
Mangrove Warbler
653
blackthroat-blue-warbler-cairn-warbler
Blackthroat Blue Warbler, Cairn Warbler
654-654a
cairns-warbler
Cairns’ Warbler
654a
myrtle-warbler
Myrtle Warbler
655
audubon-warbler-blackfront-warbler
Audubon Warbler, Blackfront Warbler
656-656a
magnolia-warbler
Magnolia Warbler
657
cerulean-warbler
Cerulean Warbler
658
chestnutside-warbler
Chestnutside Warbler
659
baybreast-warbler
Baybreast Warbler
660
blackpoll-warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
661
blackburnian-warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
662
yellowthroat-warbler-sycamore-warbler
Yellowthroat Warbler, Sycamore Warbler
663-663a
grace-warbler
Grace Warbler
664
blackthroat-gray-warbler
Blackthroat Gray Warbler
665
goldencheek-warbler
Goldencheek Warbler
666
blackthroat-green-warbler
Blackthroat Green Warbler
667
townsend-warbler
Townsend Warbler
668
hermit-warbler
Hermit Warbler
669
kirtland-warbler
Kirtland Warbler
670
pine-warbler
Pine Warbler
671
palm-warbler-yellow-palm-warbler
Palm Warbler, Yellow Palm Warbler
672-672a
prairie-warbler
Prairie Warbler
673
ovenbird
Ovenbird
674
brook-warbler-grinnell-brook-warbler
Brook Warbler, Grinnell Brook Warbler
675-675a
southern-brook-warbler
Southern Brook Warbler
676
kentucky-warbler
Kentucky Warbler
677
connecticut-warbler
Connecticut Warbler
678
mourning-warbler
Mourning Warbler
679
tolmie-warbler
Tolmie Warbler
680
maryland-yellowthroat
Maryland Yellowthroat
681
western-yellowthroat-florida-yellowthroat
Western Yellowthroat, Florida Yellowthroat
681a-681b
pacific-yellowthroat-salt-marsh-yellowthroat
Pacific Yellowthroat, Salt Marsh Yellowthroat
681c-681e
belding-yellowthroat
Belding Yellowthroat
682
rio-grande-yellowthroat
Rio Grande Yellowthroat
682.1
yellowbreast-chat-longtail-chat
Yellowbreast Chat, Longtail Chat
683-683a
hooded-warbler
Hooded Warbler
684
wilson-warbler-pileolate-warbler-golden-pileolate-warbler
Wilson Warbler, Pileolate Warbler, Golden Pileolate Warbler
685-685a-685b
necklace-warbler
Necklace Warbler
686
redstart
Redstart
687
painted-redstart
Painted Redstart
688
redface-warbler
Redface Warbler
690
alaska-yellow-wingtail
Alaska Yellow Wagtail
696
pipit
Pipit
697
sprague-pipit
Sprague Pipit
700
dipper
Dipper
701
sage-thrusher
Sage Thrasher
702
mockingbird
Mockingbird
703
catbird
Catbird
704
brown-thrasher
Brown Thrasher
705
sennett-thrasher
Sennett Thrasher
706
curvebill-thrasher-palmer-thrasher
Curvebill Thrasher, Palmer Thrasher
707-707a
bendire-thrasher
Bendire Thrasher
708
san-lucas-thrasher-mearn-thrasher
San Lucas Thrasher, Mearn Thrasher
709-709a
california-thrasher
California Thrasher
710
leconte-thrasher-desert-thrasher
Leconte Thrasher, Desert Thrasher
711-711a
crissal-thrasher
Crissal Thrasher
712