Sept (III)
12 to 30.
Nest, of strips of bark and other fibrous materials, lined with hair, on or near the ground. Eggs, four, white, sprinkled with reddish dots near the larger end, 71 x 54 (Davie).
The Mourning Warbler inhabits the undergrowth, choosing situations not unlike those selected by the Maryland Yellow-throat. "Its common song consists of a simple, clear, warbling whistle, resembling the syllables 'trúē, 'trúē, 'trúē, 'trú, 'too, the voice rising on the first three syllables and falling on the last two. "Sometimes, when otherwise occupied, the first, or first two, syllables are omitted. All through the breeding season, and till late in July, they have a very characteristic habit of perching, at frequent intervals during the day, on some branch, generally a dead one, and commonly ten or fifteen feet from the ground, and singing for half an hour at a time" (Merriam, Birds of Connecticut, p. 24). WOOD WARBLERS. 681. Geothlypis trichas (Linn.). MARYLAND YELLOW-THROAT. (Fig. 106.) Ad. 6.-A broad band across the forehead, and on the cheeks and ear-coverts black, bordered behind by grayish; rest of the upper parts, wings, and tail olive-green, sometimes tinged with brownish; no wing-bars or tailpatches; throat and breast bright yellow, changing to whitish on the belly; sides washed with brownish; under tail-coverts yellow. Ad. & in fall.- Similar, but browner above; black mask tipped with grayish; belly more yellow; sides browner. Im. 8.-Similar, but the black mask more concealed, sometimes merely indicated by a dusky area. Ad. 9. No black mask; upper parts, wings, and tail olive-green, the forehead sometimes tinged with rufous; throat and breast yellowish, changing to whitish on the belly; under tail-coverts yellow; sides brownish. L., 5.33; W., 2-20; T., 2.04; B., 42.