tt ' \\.\KIH.KRS. .",71 



681. GeothlypU trichoa M ..:,-., YEI.LOW -THROAT. 



A l>r..a.l l.iui. I ii. p tin- lorehi ii.l, and on tho cheeks and 



rt* blat-k, U.rdered I., hiii.l h\ grayish ; rest of the u|>|>t*r part*, wing*, 



and tail oUve-jfnx'ii, ~>m.tim..H tinned with t.r<wnih; m> w in^-ban or Uil- 



polchcH; thnwt and hrraftl blight yQow, ftluagiBg towhitUh on the Mly ; 



aide* wanned with hn>wnih ; \ui.lrr tail .-..\i-rt.i \. !!>. .(./. & in /all.- - 



Similar, hut browm-r aU-v. ; hlaek iniL-k ti|>|*-.l with ^rayi.-h; Mly monj 



>ello ; fi.le* browner. Int. 3 . Similur, but the blaok miiKk more concealed, 



Hoinctiiiifo tncrvly in.li.-at..l l.y a dimky un-a. .(!. 9 .No black tnaxk; up- 



nul tail <>li\i'-i?rivii, tin- r-rch.a.l Miini-tiiiicM tiiijfnl with 



. thrtml atul l-n-u-t yellowish, i-haiiiriii^ to whitinh <>n tin- U-lly ; umlt-r 



til .-..M-rt.-. %.!!.. .wnif.li. I... .v."::; W n MO;T n Mi;B 



Kanye. Knitti-ni North Anu-rica, wcttttotho I'laiim; hrfttln fnmi the (Julf 



-itol.a ami Labrador; wintrrs t'rotn the (iulf Stutex wiuthwanl. 

 in>fton, abundant S. K., Aj>l. !< t<> ,-t. L'<I. Siii L ' S'nitr, foiiunoii 

 Aj.l. -j> to < >.-!. _.;. Cambridge, abundant 8. K., May 5 to Oct 20. 

 A'W, bulky, of atrip* of bark, coane grawea, and dead leaves, lined with 

 fine graMte*. tendrilit, and rootlet*, on or near the ground. yy*,tl\ne to five, 

 white, rather thinly njHi-kled and |Mitteil with rut'ou* to uinU-r, chi.-tly - 

 tutiiiftiinvH entirely at the larger end, '70 x '58. 



(tuc df the first acquaintances you will make, when you begin to 

 look for binls. will !* this black-masked inhabitant of thickets and 

 bushes. Indeed, you have only to pause near his home, when he 

 will meet you halfway. He announces his coming by an impatient, 

 quickly n-fn'iitnl rltnrk, varying to chit, pit, quit, as, hopping from 

 twii; t.i twiu. In- finally appears for a moment and then darts back 

 int. i tlu> cover of his haunts. 



Hi- -I-M:: i- chtiracteristir <>f \\\* active, nervous nature, and is de- 

 liv.-n .1 with much force and energy. It varies greatly with locality, a 

 fact which may account for the quite different descriptions given of 

 it by authors. Sometimes it is written trichity, wichify. wichify, 

 \riehity ; again, rn/>iti/, rn/iiti/, etc. : but the birds near New York city 

 seem to me to say / beseech you, I beneech you, 1 beseech ymi, I beseech 

 you ; though, to lie sure, the tone is far from pleading. 



They Miitf throughout the summer, and in August add a flight 

 Sinn,' to their rf/rf<>irr. This is usually uttered toward evening, when 

 the bin I spring several feet into the air, hovers for a second, ami then 

 In. 1 1> buck t It 



68 Ib. G. t. ignota t'fi-ij-m. FLORIDA YELLOW-THROAT; PALMETTO 

 limn. Similar t" the j.n-oelinjr, but with longer taraus, tail, and bill; yellow 

 of under |art of a .I--|HT i-hiide and of grvuti-r . \t< nt ; flankn of a niiieh 

 darker eoli.r;'u|-pr j.urt.s bmwner; blaek niajk wider, it* anhy bonier in 

 Mimm. r >>|ivimi-iif. f.li k 'htly puler and !" . ;it : flrxt |>riniary shorter, 



wjualiiur the eiifhth in-tea.1 of the *i.\th. \V., 2-17; T., 2-18; B., 47. 



Kan</ .in. I i>uthern Georgia. 



