The Chat is our only Warbler with a very stout beak, even stouter than a Vireo's, but it has no hook at the end.

But they were so kind and cordial that our short chat is a pleasant memory; but Mr. Wilkinson and I failed to see Mr. Lincoln.

THE YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT "The Chat, besides being a very handsome bird, is a ventriloquist and a great joker.

THE AMERICAN REDSTART "The Redstart is the dancing Warbler, just as the Chat is the joker.

"An American carries his civility one step further; if he meets you afterwards, in other company, the fact that he has seen you at this friend's and had an agreeable chit-chat is introduction enough, and, unless there is something peculiar in your case, he will ever after know you and be your friend.

If the chat is a clown, the water turkey would make its fortune as a contortionist.