THE MARYLAND YELLOW-THROAT. 95 
Maryland Yellow-throat, are perhaps the most famil- 
iar representatives of the family. The former is clad 
in a livery of brilliant golden yellow, spotted on the 
sides and breast with lengthened marks of chestnut 
orange. It builds a curious nest, suspended mostly 
among the forked branches of a low bush in the 
densest part of a thicket ; it is composed of flax or 
tow, which is well woven into a neat little bag, and 
lined with hair or the soft down from various plants; 
the whole is well fastened to the stems from which 
it is hung, by the threads of tow or flax being tightly 
twisted about them. While the female is sitting, the 
male bird will often feign lameness, in order to draw 
away the attention of an intruder from the objects 
of his affectionate care. 
The Maryland Yel- 
low-throat is the hum- 
ble and retired occu- 
pant of the low bushes 
and briers which are 
generally found grow- 
ing on the banks of 
small streams and in 
wet marshy places : 
here it twitters out its 
sweet and animated 
song of u Whitit'iti ! 
Whitit'iti !” repeating 
it in rapid succession 
for a few times, as it 
rambles among the 
branches where its food 
Upper fig. — Yellow-poll Warbler. 
Lower ^< 7 .— Magnolia Warbler. 
