_Geothlypis trichas trichas. Case 8, Figs. 50, 51_
The gray-bordered, black mask of the male makes
him unmistakable. The female is without
distinctive markings, but may easily be identified
by her notes and actions. L. 5-1/4.
_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, common 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-Oct. 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,
chack_, and energetic song of _wichity, wichity, wichity_, 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.