Covered or Arched Nests on Ground 



The young remain with and are fed by their parents until fully 

 grown. The old birds show clearly the whereabouts of the young 

 by their excitement when one comes even within a hundred 

 yards of them. 



In the vicinity of New York the nests are finished by May 

 14th; probably two and perhaps three broods are reared, as I 

 have seen the young being fed as late as the end of August. 



In Massachusetts the season is about ten days later. 



681. Maryland Yellow-throat: Geothlypus trichas (Linn.) 



Eggs white, with fine specks or spots of chocolate and purple 

 brown, the spots not being very numerous and mostly at the 

 larger end. Nests rarely and then only partly arched. 

 See Page 69, Chapter II. 



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