66 Land Birds of New England 



July, singing again in August; and sometimes 

 sings through July, and has no supplementary 

 song-period. 



LITERATURE: 



Little Brothers of the Air. OLIVE THORNE MILLER. 



20. MARYLAND YELLOWTHROAT 



( Geoth lypis trie has . ) 



Male : upper parts olivaceous ; forehead and cheeks black ; throat 

 and breast yellow, shading into yellowish gray on belly. Beak 

 slender, dark ; feet light brown. Female : similar, but duller, 

 and without the black forehead and cheeks. 



THIS beautiful bird, which is one of our most 

 abundant warblers, should be sought in low ground 

 which lies near the water and is overgrown with 

 bushes. It seems ordinarily to prefer tangles where 

 there are no high trees. According to Minot, on 

 its first arrival it spends much of its time in trees, 

 often in parks, only later betaking itself to lower 

 ground. It is usually seen on or near the ground, 

 and has the habit of constantly moving its tail, both 

 when it is in the bushes and while on the earth. It 

 comes to us by the middle of May, and remains 

 until the first of October. 



The nest is usually placed on the ground beside 

 a brook or in a swamp ; it is occasionally, however, 



