Yellow-Throated VireO {Lanivireo flavifrons) 



Length, about 6 inches. Its green upper parts and bright yellow throat and 

 upper breast are its identification marks. 



Range: Breeds from southern Canada south to central Texas, central 

 Louisiana and central Florida; winters from southern Mexico through Central 

 America. 



By no means so common as the red-eye, the yellow-throat inhabits the same 

 kind of woodland tracts and like it may often be seen, and still oftener heard, in 

 the trees that shade the village or even the city streets. It is, however, much less 

 common in such places since the advent of the English sparrow, having been 

 driven away by that little pest. Its song is much like that of the red-eye, yet 

 it has a rich throaty quality quite foreign to the notes of that tireless songster and 

 far superior to them. Neither this, nor indeed any of the vireos, ever seem to 

 be in a hurry. They move quietly through the leafy covert, scanning the most 

 likely lurking places for insects, pausing now and then to sing in a meditative 

 manner, then renewing their qtiest. All of which is as different as possible from 

 the busy, nervous movements of the wood warblers, that seem ever in haste as 

 though lime were much too precious to waste. 



The food of the yellow-throat consists of a large variety of insects, including 

 caterpillars, moths and beetles, and also those well-known pests, flies and 

 mosquitoes. It also eats the plum curculio. 



Maryland Yellow-Throat {Geothypis trichas and variety) 



Length about 5 1/3 inches. Mostly green above, yellow below. ' Distin- 

 guished from other warblers by broad black band across forehead, bordered nar- 

 rowly with white. 



Range: Breeds from southern Canada to southern California. Texas and 

 llorida; winters from the southern United States to Costa Rica. 



This little warbler is common throughout the eastern and southern states, 

 fretjuenting thickets and low bushes on swampy ground. He is not a tree lover, 

 but spends most of his time on or very near the ground, where he hunts assidu- 

 ously for caterpillars, beetles and various other small insects. Among the pests 

 that he devours are the western cucumber beetle and the black olive scale. He 

 has a cheery song of which he is not a bit ashamed, and, when one happens to 

 be near the particular thicket a pair of yellow-throats have chosen for their own, 

 one has not long to wait for vocal proof that the male, at least, is at home. The 

 yellow-throat has the bum]) f)f cu^iosit^ well developed and if you desire a close 

 acquaintance with a pair you have only to "squeak" a few times, when you will 

 h.'vc the pleasure of .seeing at least one of the coui)le venture out from the retreat 

 f.ir enough to make sure of the character of the visitor. 



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