"The Yellow-throat must be what I've called the Black-faced Yellowbird," said Rap. "Please, Doctor, does he sometimes fly right up in the air to sing a little bit and then go back into the bushes as if he had changed his mind?"
"Yes, Rap, that is one of the Yellow-throat's habits in late summer, but one that very few people notice."
The Maryland Yellow-throat
Length about five and a half inches.
Upper parts olive-green, in the male with a black mask reaching along each side of the head, and behind this an ashy-white border; but the female wears no mask.
Under parts bright yellow, growing white on belly.
A Summer Citizen of the United States from Georgia to Canada.
When he lives west of the Mississippi River he is called the Western Yellow-throat.
A Tree Trapper and occasionally a Sky Sweeper; a beautiful and familiar bird of the brush and tangles.
THE YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT