WOOD WAKBLKRS. 



371 



ck-thront," 



I I foutul it 

 only bird, 

 (I sonjf was 

 but it ulyo 

 ic syilttbles 



noss which 

 ro, and wus 



tut is much 

 migrations 

 rgrowth of 

 re it some- 



TUOMPSON. 



i Waubikii. 

 I the bread ; 

 n : no winjj;- 

 uppcT parts 

 wliiter. L., 



ecedinp, but 

 e-ring. 

 ku, northern 

 Alk'ghunies 



rare T. V., 

 to Juno 6; 



hair, on or 

 >ts near tiio 



)sing situ- 



oat. 



histle, re- 

 rising on 



two, syl- 

 11 late in 

 quent in- 

 one, and 

 Dr half an 



681. Geothlypla tii'shaa il.lni).). Makyi.and Yellow'-thkoat. 



(Fijjf. UMi. ) All. & .-A luoad Imiul at nm.H tin- t'ortluud. aiul on the rlKik> ami 

 car-c'ovortH hlat-k, hordfrt'tl behind by grayisli ; rist nt'thf upi'ir parts, \vir>);.s, 

 and tail olive-green, Moniftinies tinged with brownish; no wiiigliars or tail- 

 jtatelu's; throat and breast bright yellow, I'lianuing to whiti^h on the belly; 

 Hide.H wawhed with brownish; under lail-eoverts yellow. Ail. 6 in /nil. — 

 Similar, but browner above; blaek mask tipped with grayish; belly more 

 yellow; sides browner. Iiii. 3 .—Similar, but the blaek nuisk more eoneealed, 

 sometimes merely indieatetl by a dusky area. .('/. 9. — No blaek nuisk ; up- 

 per pnrt«, wings, and tail olive-green, the forehead sometimes tinged with 

 rufous; th'oat and brea.st yellowish, ehanging to whitish on the belly ; under 

 tail-eoverts yellow ; sides brownish. L., .VJW; W., 2"J0; T., 2-04; B., '42. 



RniKje. — F2a."ftern North America, west to the I'lains; breeds from the (Julf 

 States to Manitoba and Labrador; winters from the (lulf States .southward. 



Washington, abundant S. K., Apl. 18 to Oet. liO. Sing Sing, eouuuon 

 S. K., Apl. 28 to (Jet. 23. Candtridge, abundant S. K., May 5 to Oct. 20. 



Aed, bulky, of strips of bark, eoai'se gra-sses, anil dead leaves, lined with 

 tine grasses, tendrils, and rootlets, on or near the ground. P^tjijn, three to live, 

 white, rather thinly speekled and spotted with rufous to umber, ehielly — 

 sometimes entirely — ut the larger end, '70 x •b'i. 



One of the first acquaintances you will niako, when you begin to 

 look for bird-s will be this black-masked inhabitant of thickets and 

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

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

 quickly repeated chnek, varying to chit, pit, quit, as, hopping from 

 twig to twig, he finally appears for a moment and then darts back 

 into the cover of his haunts. 



His song is characteristic of his active, nervous nature, and is de- 

 livered with much force and cnerjry. It varies greatly with locality, a 

 fact which may account for the quite different descriptions given of 

 it by authors. Sometimes it is written tvirhily, u'irhity. wichily, 

 wichify ; again, rapily, rapily, etc. : but the birds near New York city 

 seem to me to say 7 beseech yon, I heneech yon., 1 beseech yon, I beseech 

 you : thotigh, to be sure, the tone is far from pleading. 



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

 song to their repertoire. This is usually uttered toward evening, when 

 the bird springs several feet into the air, hovers for a second, and then 

 drops back to the bushes. ' 



681b« 6. t. i^nota Chapm. FLORinA Yeli.ow-tiiroat ; Pai.mktto 

 BiKi).— Similar to the preeeiling, but with longer tarsus, tail, and bill ; yellow 

 of under parts of a deeper shade and of greater extent ; flanks of a much 

 darker color; upper [)arts browner; blaek mask wider, its ashy border (in 

 summer specimens) slightly paler and of greater e.\tent: first primary shorter, 

 equaling the eighth instead of the sixth. W., '.' 17 ; T., 218; B., 47. 



Range. — Florida and southern Georgia. 



