MARYLAND YELLOW-THROAT. 
681. Geothlypis trichas. 5, inches. 
One of our most common birds in swamps and also in 
shrubbery along roadsides or walls. They are very in- 
quisitive, and their bright eyes will peek at you from 
behind some leaf or shrub as long as you are in sight. 
Song.—A lively “witchity-witchity-witch”’; call, a 
deep chip; also a rattling note of alarm. 
Nest.—Of grapevine and grasses, located in clumps 
of weeds on or nearly touching the ground; eggs white 
with brown specks (.70 x .50). 
Range.—Hastern N. A., breeding from the Gulf to 
New Jersey. 
Sub-species.—68la. Western Yellow-throat (occiden- 
talis), said to be brighter; found chiefly west of the 
Rockies, but east to the Plains. 681b. Florida Yellow- 
throat (ignota), South Atlantic and Gulf coasts. 681d. 
Northern Yellow-throat (brachidactyla), slightly larger 
and deeper colored; found in northeastern U. 8. and 
southeastern Canada, west to Dakota and south through 
the Mississippi Valley to the Gulf. 
