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limb. The nest is built in briars or bushes within a foot 

 or two of the ground. The eggs, laid in the first half 

 of June, are white with a few brownish spots at the larger 

 end. 



X MARYLAND YELLOW-THROAT 

 Ceolhlypis trichas trichos. Case 8, Figs. 50, 51 



The gray-bordered, black mask of the male makes him unmis- 

 takable. The female is without distinctive markings, but may 

 easily be identified by her notes and actions. L. si. 



Range. Nests from Virginia and the lower Mississippi Valley 

 northward; winters from North Carolina to Florida. 



Washington, abundant S. R., Apl. 13-Oct. 21. Ossining, com- 

 mon S. R., Apl. 28-Oct. 23. Cambridge, abundant S. R., 

 May 5-Oct. 20; occasional in winter. N. Ohio, abundant S. R., 

 Apl. 25-Sept. 25. Glen Ellyn, common S. R., May 2-0ct. 2. 

 SE. Minn., common S. R. 



A fidgety, inquisitive inhabitant of bushy undergrowth 

 along roadsides and wood borders, whose impatient off- 

 repeated call-note, chack, ckack, and energetic song of 

 wichity, wichity, wickily, soon become familiar to the 

 bird-student. It nests on or near the ground and the 

 white, lightly spotted eggs are laid in the latter half 

 of May. 



The Florida Yellow-throat (G. t. ignota), a more deeply 

 colored race, is found from North Carolina to southern 

 Florida. In the last-named State it usually inhabits 

 ■scrub palmetto growths. 



YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT 

 Icleria virens virens. Case 8, Fig. 49 



A large bird, superficially, quite unlike the true Warblers but 

 nevertheless agreeing with them in essential structure. L. 7 J. 



Range. Nests from Texas and northern Florida to southern 

 Minnesota and (locally) Massachusetts; winters in the tropics. 



Washington, common S. R., Apl. 16-Sept. 28. Ossining, com- 

 mon S. R., Apl. 28-Aug. 29. Cambridge, rather rare and 

 irregular S. R., May 15-Sept. N. Ohio, common S. R„ May 1- 



