Covered or Arched Nests on Ground 
The young remain with and are fed by their parents until fully 
grown. Theold 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 | 
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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