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in northern Maine, they are summer residents 

 in Canada northward to Labrador. During 

 migration you will find them in the bush ricks 

 along the brooks and about ponds, where they 

 easily catch their supply of gnats and flies, a 

 work at which they are very expert. There you 

 will hear their thin, high pitched ''zee^ zee^ zee,^^ 

 not unlike the first notes of the Redstart, and 

 less wiry than the similar notes of the Golden- 

 crowned Kinglet. It is a modest little song, 

 unpretentious, but sweet and happy when 

 heard in the season of pussy-willows and alder 

 catkins. 



This bird is slightly smaller than the Yellow 

 Warbler. Its most prominent feature in dress 

 is the fine black cap above the yellow forehead. 

 Otherwise the upper parts are a handsome 

 shade of olive-green; the under parts are bright 

 yellow. The female has the same colors, but 

 sometimes she lacks the black cap. The nest, 

 on the ground and well hidden by low bushes, 

 is made of leaves and grass. They arrive in the 

 vicinity of New York in early May. 



Maryland Yellow-throat. There is not a 

 more fantastic feature of dress found in the 

 whole Warbler family than the black mask worn 

 by the Maryland Yellow-throat. It is so pecul- 

 iar that no other field mark is necessary to 

 insure his identity. Otherwise his colors are 

 ordinary enough, olive-green above and bright 

 yellow below, brightest on the throat. The belly 

 is white with brownish washings on the sides. 

 The female is a much more difficult bird to 

 identify, as she is lacking the black mask and 



