MARYLAND YELLOW-THROAT 315 



Maryland Yellow-throat : Geothlypis trichas. 

 (See Fig. 193, p. 347.) 



Adult male, forehead and cheeks black, bordered by ashy gray ; 

 bright yellow below ; brownish green above. Adult female, 

 duller above, pale buffy below ; no black mask. Length, about 

 5j inches. 



GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION. Eastern North America, west 

 to the Plains ; breeds from the Gulf states to Manitoba and 

 Labrador ; winters from the Gulf states southward. 



There are Warblers and Warblers, and the 

 Yellow-throat is one of them! What pleasant 

 memories his name calls up ! visions of bushy 

 thickets, rich swamps, or winding river banks, 

 with an inquisitive little black-masked bird-face 

 peering up at you out of the cover, while its 

 mate, a dull little nondescript bird, whisks back 

 out of sight just as you have made a mental note 

 of her, for you would never have known her had 

 she not taken her stand on the bush beside her 

 lord. 



But it is not only pleasant sights that are asso- 

 ciated with the Maryland ; for at his name his 

 song again rings in your ears, always new and 

 interesting witchery, vritchbry, witchery ; wree- 

 chetty, wreechetty, wreechetty ; or chee-wee-oh, 

 chee-wee-oh. Which is it ? Few bird-folks say 

 always the same thing in the same way, and the 

 Maryland in Washington judged by the Maryland 

 in New York may well show a southern accent. 



The bird is so identified with his three sylla- 



