yellow-breasted chat
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of yellow-breasted chat
An Americanism dating back to 1720–30
Example Sentences
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Yellow-breasted chat: “The yellow-breasted chat offers a cascade of song in the spring, when males deliver streams of whistles, cackles, chuckles and gurgles with the fluidity of improvisational jazz,” according to AllAboutBirds.org.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 19, 2016
One of Audubon's most criticized poses was that of a particular yellow-breasted chat.
From Scientific American ● May 17, 2013
Here, every day, were to be heard the glorious song of the cardinal grosbeak, the insect-like effort of the blue-gray gnatcatcher, and the rigmarole of the yellow-breasted chat.
From Birds in the Bush by Bradford Torrey
In the most inaccessible part of such a briery tangle, that rollicking polyglot, the yellow-breasted chat, loves to hide its nest.
From Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors by Neltje Blanchan
Against the foil of the butcher-bird's stolidity we may set the inquisitive, garrulous temperament of the white-eyed vireo and the yellow-breasted chat.
From Birds in the Bush by Bradford Torrey
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