THE BIRD BOOK 
Maryland Yellow-throats 
Belding's Yellow-throat 
681. Maryland Yellow-throat. Geothlypis 
trichas trichas. 
Range. — Eastern United States; this species has 
recently been still further sub-divided so that this 
form is supposed to be restricted to the south 
Atlantic coast of the United States. 
The Maryland Yellow-throat is represented in 
all parts of the United States by one of its forms. 
They are ground loving birds, frequenting swamps 
and thickets where they can be 
located by their loud, unmistakable 
song of “Witchery, witchery, 
witch.” They nest on or very near 
the ground, making their nests of 
grass, lined with hair; these are 
either in hollows in the ground at 
the foot of clumps of grass or 
weeds, or attached to the weed stalks within a 
few inches of the ground. They lay from three 
to five eggs in May or June; these are white, 
specked about the larger end with reddish brown 
and umber, and with shell markings of stone gray. 
Size .70 x .50. All the sub-species of this bird 
have the same general habits of this one and their 
eggs cannot be distinguished from examples of 
the eastern form; the birds, too, owing to the 
great differences in plumage between individuals 
from the same place, cannot be distinguished with 
any degree of satisfaction except by the ones who 
“discovered” them. 
681a. Western Yellow-throat. Geothlypis 
trichas Occident alls. 
Range. — This variety, which is said to be bright- 
er yellow below, is ascribed to the arid regions of 
western United States; not on the Pacific coast. 
681b. Florida Yellow-throat. Geothlypis 
trichas ignota. 
Range. — South Atlantic and Gulf coast to Texas. 
681c. Pacific Yellow-throat. Geothlypis 
trichas arizela. 
Range. — Pacific coast from British Columbia southward. 
68 le. Salt Marsh Yellow-throat. Geoth- 
lypis trichas sinuosa. 
Range. — Salt marshes of San Francisco Bay. 
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