214 AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 



MARYLAND YELLOW^THROAT. 



A. O. U. No. 681. (Geothlypis trichas.) 



RANGE AND DESCRIPTION. 



Atlantic coast from southern New Jersey south to Georgia. This 

 race is said to be slightly smaller than the Northern Yellow-throat. 



WESTERN YELLOW^THROAT. 



No 681a. (G. t. occidentalis.) 



Found west of the Plains in arid regions from northern United States 

 southwards. A variety having a more intense yellow coloration and 

 the border of the black mask whiter and broader. 



FLORIDA YELLOW^THROAT. 



No. 6811). (G. t. ignota.) 



South Atlantic and Gulf coasts from the Carolinas to eastern Texas 

 This race is said to be deeper yellow below and browner above than 

 the common Yellow-throat. 



PACIFIC YELLOW^THROAT. 



No. 681c. (G. t. arizela.) 



Along the Pacific coast from British Columbia southward. Slightly 

 smaller and less brightly colored than the Western Yellow-throat. 



NORTHERN YELLOW-THROAT, 



No. 68ia. (G. t. brachiclactyla.) 



United States from the Plains to the Atlantic and from New Jersey 

 to Newfoundland: winters in the Bahamas, Mexico and Central Amer- 

 ica. This is the variety illustrated; it is said to be slightly larger than 

 the southern kind. 



SALT MARSH YELLOW/THROAT. 



No. 681e. (G. t. sinuosa.) 



Salt Marshes about San Francisco Bay. Smaller and slightly darker 

 than the Pacific variety. 



NEST AND EGGS. 



Yellovvthroats build their nests on the ground in swampy or moist 

 woods or underbrush. Usually the nest is placed between the stalks 

 of a clump of weeds, with the bottom just resting on the ground, but 

 sometimes it is sunk in the ground and partly roofed over. It is quite 

 deep and rather large for this small bird. Strips of barks and grasses 

 are skillfully woven around the outside of the structure and it is lined 

 with finer shreds of bark and fibres, the inside being deeply cupped. 



