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Nesting Site. On the ground, at the base of a bush or bunch of 

 weeds, often in a clump of weeds or tussock of grass, sometimes in 

 bushes or briery tangles as high as five feet from the ground. 



Nest. The nest is bulky and loosely made. Externally it is com- 

 posed of coarse grasses, leaves, grapevine bark, weed-shreds, etc., 

 internally, of fine grasses and, sometimes, horse-hairs. 



Eggs. 4 or 5, usually 4. Ground color a clear glossy white, 

 marked with specks, spots, blotches and in some cases irregular hair- 

 like lines of reddish brown, dark umber and purplish black, the latter 

 appearing in heavy blotches of color; some specimens are very spar- 

 ingly marked, others more profusely, the markings being mostly con- 

 fined to the large end in form of a wreath more or less well defined, 

 only in a few examples do the markings occur over rest of egg. Size ; 

 average, 7IX.54; extremes, .76x^6, .6ox.5o. (Figs. 107-109.) 



Nesting Dates. West Chester, Pa., May 26- June 10 (Jackson) ; 

 Waynesburg, Pa., May i8-June 2 (Jacobs) ; New York City, May 25- 

 June 15 (F. M. C.) ; New Haven, Conn., May 28- June 18 (Bishop) ; 

 Cambridge, Mass., full sets, first laying, May 25-June 5 (Brewster) ; 

 Lancaster, N. H., June 3-21 (Spaulding) ; Bangor, Me., May 28-June 

 12 (Knight) ; Listowel, Ont, June 9-22 (Kells) ; Oberlin, O., May 5- 

 June 20 (Jones) ; Milton Tp., Du Page Co., Ills., May 25 (Gault). 



BIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES 



C. S. PHILLIPS, The Maryland Yellow-throat (in Mass.), Young Oologist, 

 I, 1884, 156. (2) E. P. BICKNELL, A Study of the Singing of our Birds, Auk, 

 I, 1884, 215. (3) J. P. N [ORRIS], A Series of Eggs of the Maryland Yellow- 

 throat, Orn. and O61., XVI, 1891, 150. 



FLORIDA YELLOW-THROAT 



GEOTHLYPIS TRICHAS IGNOTA (Chap.) 



Subspecific Characters. Similar to Geothlypis t. trichas but with 

 longer tarsus, tail, and bill; wing more rounded, outer primary shorter than 

 sixth from it; adult <$ with yellow below of a deeper shade and greater extent; 

 flanks darker, richer brown; upperparts browner, particularly the hindhead; 

 facial mask wider, its grayish margin usually broader. Adult ? darker above, 

 throat and upper breast yellower, flanks browner than in $ of trichas. 

 Ad. < wing, 2.25; tail, 2.32; tarsus, .84; bill, .50. 



General Distribution. Southeastern United States and Gulf coast 

 to Texas. 



