MARYLAND YELLOW-THROAT. 



681. GeotJihjpis 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 1 . 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. Eastern N. A., breeding from the Gulf to 

 New Jersey. 



Sub-species. 681a. Western Yellow-throat (occiden- 

 talis), said to be brighter; found chiefly west of the 

 Rockies, but east to the Plains. 68 Ib. Florida Yellow- 

 throat (ignota), South Atlantic and Gulf coasts. 681d. 

 Northern Yellow-throat (brachidactyla) , slightly larger 

 and deeper colored; found in northeastern U. S. and 

 southeastern Canada, west to Dakota and south through 

 the Mississippi Valley to the Gulf. 



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