WESTERN BIRDS YeUow-Throat 



quent intervals. To many the bird says, wichity, 

 wichity, wichity, wichity; others hear it as rdpity, rdpity, 

 oft repeated; while still others think the bird says, / 

 beseech you, I beseech you; or Follow me. Follow me. 



I presume when the bird says, Follow me, that it is 

 utterly impossible to do so, and that when it is possible 

 to do so he Beseeches his follower to desist. To this 

 bird is also accredited a flight song. 



In the southeastern part of our country is a similar 

 bird, which is called the Florida Yellow-throat (G. t. 

 ignota), the chief difference being in the longer tarsus, 

 tail, and bill, the deeper yellow of the under parts, the 

 broader black mask and wider gray, adjoining it. 



GENUS GEOTHLYPIS : WESTERN 

 YELLOW-THROAT. 



Western Yellow-Throat: Geothlypis trie has 

 occidentdlia. 



FAMILY— WOOD WARBLERS. 



While the Maryland Yellow-throat is not found west 

 of the Rockies, there are several similar birds that take 

 his place. One, the Western Yellow-throat, occupies the 

 western United States, except the Pacific Coast district; 

 from South Dakota to southeastern California and west- 

 ern Texas. Another of the more common forms is known 

 as the Pacific Yellow-throat and is a resident of the 

 Coast States (G. t. arizela). 



In plumage, habits, and notes the western species differ 

 little from the eastern. These birds seem to say, Witch- 

 i-ty, witch-i-ty, witch-i-ty, much as do the others, there 

 being, perhaps, a different quality to the tone, yet it is 

 unmistakably Yellow-throat language. Dawson gives 

 other notes for the Western Yellow-throat as Reesiwitte, 



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