FAMILY Mniotiltidce 



to the Cascades and Sierra Nevadas. South 

 in winter to Mexico and Lower Cahfornia. 

 The western yellows-throat, a closely related 

 species, is found from the Mississippi Valley 

 west to the Cascades and Sierra Nevadas; 

 wintering in Central America. 



The Pacific yellow-throat is a bird of the 

 marsh and wet meadows, of brush-grown 

 pastures, and of the tangle of weeds and vines 

 along railroad cuts and rail fences. It loves 

 the protection of the tall grass that grows by 

 the side of ditches and here it usually builds 

 its nest near the ground well hidden by the 

 thick cover. The black domino worn by the 

 Pacific yellow-throat, together with its dis- 

 tinctive song will easily identify this from all 

 other warblers of the West. Its song is 

 variously interpreted by different observers 

 but may be rendered as, witch-a-wee-o, witch- 

 a-wee-o, witch-a-wee-o, witch. One enthusias- 

 tic bird student seemed to hear it say, *' Willie- 

 come-ere, Willie-come-ere, Willie-come-ere, 

 Willie." 



^o 1 Golden pileolated warbler, Wilsonia 

 pusitla cnryseola. 4.%5 



Distribution : Pacific Coast district of the 

 United States and British Columbia. Win- 

 tering in southern California and Mexico. 

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