. Useful birds and their protection. Containing brief descriptions of the more common and useful species of Massachusetts, with accounts of their food habits, and a chapter on the means of attracting and protecting birds . ascend to the tree tops ;while still others are in almost constant pursuit of the wingedinsects that dart about among the branches. We will firstconsider the connnon ground-fre(j[uenting species. Northern Yellow-throat. Maryland trichas — About five and one-quarter Male. — Upper parts olive-green ; forehead and mas
. Useful birds and their protection. Containing brief descriptions of the more common and useful species of Massachusetts, with accounts of their food habits, and a chapter on the means of attracting and protecting birds . ascend to the tree tops ;while still others are in almost constant pursuit of the wingedinsects that dart about among the branches. We will firstconsider the connnon ground-fre(j[uenting species. Northern Yellow-throat. Maryland trichas — About five and one-quarter Male. — Upper parts olive-green ; forehead and mask black, bordered above by ashy-gray; under parts mainly bright Female. — Like the male, but without the black or ashy ; tinder parts — On or near the ground, supported by grass stems, leafy plants, or shrubs ; deep, and composed mainly of leaves and grasses; sometimes roofed, and not infrequently — White, spotted with brown and lilac at the larger — May to October. This Yellow-throat is a l)ird of the l)rookside and swampythicket; but it is not by any means confined to these locali-ties, for it is found in the fruit o^arden and orchard as well as. SONG BIRDS OF ORCHARD AND WOODLAND. 187 in the woods. While it feeds somewhat in trees, its habit,like that of other Warblers of the genus, is to keep near theground and in shrubbery ; hence it is often seen along bush}^roadsides, particularly where the road crosses a swamp orstream. It usually keeps close to the underbrush, peeringout from between leaves and stems,and occasionally taking short flightsnear the ground. It greets all comers with a shar[)chirp, or voices its alarm in a rat-tling, AVren-like chatter. In singing-it sometimes mounts to a high perch _,. _, ,, ., ,, ,, & ^ Fig. 61. —Noitlierii lellow- in a tree or rises in air, but ordinarily throat, twotiiirds naturaldelivers its song while pursuing its usual avocations among the shrubberv. The song is a
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