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complete set. Fresh eges may be found from May 10th 
to 20th. The eges are white, the entire surface sparingly 
specked with reddish-brown and purple. Sets show a 
decided difference in markings and coloring, one set in 
particular in mv collection having a handsome wreath 
around the larger end. Size of eggs, .70x.55. They 
arrive the last days of April, and soon commence inhabit- 
ing the fern-covered banks so suited to their retiring habits. 
They leave us about August 2nd on their migration south- 
ward. Their food consists of various insects, worms, 
erubs, spiders, moths, ete., found on the ground and low 
foliage bordering the wet ground near which they 
invariably build. 
GENUS GEOTHLYPIS. 
[681]. Geothlypis trichas trichas (Linneus). Maryland 
Yellow-throat. 
Raner.—Eastern North America. Breeds in Canadian, 
Transition, and Upper Austral zones from North Dakota, 
northern Minnesota, northern Ontario, and southern 
Labrador south to central Texas, northern parts of the 
Gulf States, and Virginia (south to Warwick and Princess 
Anne counties); winters from North Carolina and 
Louisiana to Florida, the Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, 
Guatemala, and Costa Rica. 
As winning the race doesn’t always lie with the swiftest, 
go is not the nest of the common bird always the easiest 
to find. Surely there are few birds more common in 
suitable locations than the Maryland Yellow-throat is 
with us, vet sometimes two or three seasons roll by with- 
out finding a nest of this species. During all my years 
