Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-08-17

that old apple.stub, and so 1t proved, Bnlt
up Two ieet from the ground, between the
crotchety-twigs, loosely fashioned of long
grass spears interlacing, with fine material
anu little horse hair Within not so neatly
wrought and less compact than most speci-
mems oil Chippy's architecture, and contain.
ing Two young birds just ushered into the
world, ahay old, perhaps; naked, pot-bellIed
htle lellows, not yet having acquired the
uo"nY jacket. documentary, IN all but the
stomach, vet they will work their featberless
wings, cling to the nest with their undcvol.
oped feet, and though blind as bats, instinct.
iveiy open their yellow mouths for food at
lhe least rustic orapproach to the nest Birds
Undergo the gasteropod stage in infancy.
ihey are provided at the start with Il we'll
ueVelopcd digestive organ and no little task
IL tiiat required of this piece OF mechanism
10 Dring the other members in harmony.
nc OLD birds come about lodging among the
pushes, and uttering their sharply.cut notes
chP-'T-tpip, yellow-beaked, clear.eyed birds,
OF sandy complexion.
IN h'gh, shaggy PASTURE one day in mid
ouly' came upon some field sparrows feed.
ny young bird. 1t is nearly grown and can
ny toleraoiy well. by slow, easy approach
we succeed IN taking the youngling from his
pcrch' an unsuspecting bird with bright
eye. His back is brown and b,v. slrraked
WIN Dlack, his wings are black with bay
es,uglngs; below buif color with darker lines.
we brought him home and placed him beside
some Gag, d birds, but he did not know them.
opening ms yellow-cdged mouth with clock
ihc regularity, he gave a piercing mclan-
choiV ch'p, and would not be comforted, so
we restore the lost bird to his equally dscon-
solatc parents.
Inc egg of the field sparrow is of the size
oil the social birds, but there is a marked
difference in color; its nest found In a low
hazel contained three eggs. They are light
gray ilecked with reddish or lilac, chiefly at
the larger end
My acquaintance with the
Swanp.sparrow t,Iclospiza paIustris,
Bd.l,
has been made during fishing excursions. If
the brook winds through swamp or wet
meadow, you are almost sure to rout one
of these little sparrows from its dwelling,
often ut the very edge of the stream. The
black and bay markings are very distinct in
this species and there is u chestnut patch on
the crown.
In the latter part Of June this sparrow
was found nesting beside trout stream.
hn mo ,n o'nu nies vi at near approach, leaving
Thon ,oo s nest o' grass containing lIree eggs
,, ny 'usel''ole thc sQng-spariow nut are
h h".e' 'ual .lc sencral''y oi INC latters +,
lilac shellmurkiugs couilucnt in wreath on
wv .'o"H'
other Sparrows.
Four miora,orv snoc;eo dosorvo o,,;o,
T., .a.i., ~, re '''"''o',,
III carly May IL IS not unusual to see small
parties of tie White-throatcd sparrow Turk
ing in copses and ,bc shruhhorv of nos,ureo
I,s,o o,irso,1.;',,.. " p",'u'.''
,'a'' O"'' i''o'iS'c sla'io"s' WITH uehhile
lines oi White, black and yellow on the head,
a distinct white throat, and ashcn breast.
When distu,bod ,hov r,,or ro,o ,,Lo ,.l,,
tr.at. Ihcir son% ,o hnon III il,on i'n1 .n',
words "n,giody,g7od, which nr;+no,o ~ , M.
name of "p.nt,ndv,,yIr,d "''." VI 'S'"'''o 'ne
The Whitc.rroynod anorrov rosoo,,,,os ,,o
l,, -; 'P''t nv ie'I"ioNS 'he