. The warblers of North America . ersionis. Witchery, witchery, witchery often somewhat extended: Witcher-cheree, witcher-cheree, witcher-cheree. There is considerable indi-vidual variation. It is uttered all through the spring and summer; butin early spring a more elaborate song, reminding me somewhat of theHooded Warblers, is rather frequent. The flight song- begins as thesinger launches forth from his thicket, reaches its climax at a height offifteen or twenty feet, when the head is thrown back as when singing atrest, and gradually dies away as the bird sinks down with rapidly vi-brating wi
. The warblers of North America . ersionis. Witchery, witchery, witchery often somewhat extended: Witcher-cheree, witcher-cheree, witcher-cheree. There is considerable indi-vidual variation. It is uttered all through the spring and summer; butin early spring a more elaborate song, reminding me somewhat of theHooded Warblers, is rather frequent. The flight song- begins as thesinger launches forth from his thicket, reaches its climax at a height offifteen or twenty feet, when the head is thrown back as when singing atrest, and gradually dies away as the bird sinks down with rapidly vi-brating wings; it resembles the following: Chee, chee, chee, chee, che-witchery, witchery, witchery, witchery. (Allison, MS.) Eggs.—4 or 5. Ground color, markings, etc., the same as in theNorthern Yellow-throat. Size; an average set of 4 eggs from Floridameasures, ., ., ., . Nesting Dates.—Charleston, S. C, May 9-June 11 (Wayne). Biographical References(i) Elliott Coues, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1871, Figs. 97- - 99- Townsends Warbler Figs. 113-11S. Hooded Warbler 100, lOi. Kentucky Warbler 116-118. Pileolated Warbler 102, 103- Mourning Warbler 119-121. Canadian Warbler 104- -106. Macgillivrays Warbler J2^-I24. American Redstart 107- -109. Northern Yellow-throat 12S-126. Painted Redstart IIO- 112. Yellow-breasted Chat western yellow-throat 259 Western Yellow-throat GEOTHLYPIS TRICHAS OCCIDENTALIS Brewst. Subspecific Characters.—The largest and most richly colored of our Yellow-throats; the underparts are often continuously orange-yellow from throat tocrissum, the sides being brownish, the belly washed with the same color. As arule, however, the belly shows some buffy whitish, though rarely as much as in trichas; the back averages grayer than in trichas, but the maincharacter of this form is the broad, nearly white but sometimes yellow-tinged, posterior border of the black mask of breeding specimens. Arizona specimensaverage, wing, ; tail,
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