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 

 inquisitive, 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 (.70x.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. 681b. 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. 



