Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-11-30

thtlr proportion III the landscape may DC
readily estimated. You notice the patches :
Of smoke colored naples, blending with the
ash. green of the poplar aud the hilsidcs
slreakcd with the whltestems of The brches
with the oak, still laden
with its freight of rustlng leaves AT your
feet, below, ,thesred pompons of the smooth
sumach dot the hillside, and of q sudden a
pair Ol jays appear among them us II they
had dropped from the sky, displaying their
azure coats and uttcring low cooling note.
A, hawk the goshawk possibly, sircles slowly
over the knobs of yonder hill, searching for
partridge, perhaps on which to break his
fast, and a this season We sec at rare inter
walls the waving hairows OF duck and geese
clcaving the sky southwald.
When tie leaves are laid to rest when Tie
sap has returned to the roots of the tees,
when the last migratory birds have gone
past and the animals are well housed aud
provisiunud, then 1t Is time for whler 10
mantle the landscape in his cloak of snow.
With respect 10 the migration of our ma
tive birds, we notice that while some remain
aud play the part of residents or rovers, and
others like the swallows and starlngs obey
promptly their instinct to depart, there arc
also winter visitors anil stragglers who pass
the summer in the cold zone under the pole,
whose southern distribution is limited
practically by New England. Then there
arc certain Others which share patty in the
migrltions, but ere occasionally seen in
winter being nouadlc also. Such are the |
gold.fnch and the
<e-"'-"'r"'
On the 21lh Of May We observe small
party of birds settling in the top.most
branches of elm. You will infer from their
lpir vilr that fLpv orc navy arri walls Eroun-
ing themselves together they cit prim and
croc, ,il,o 6, many rrov ru,e win n ,.losa
van c,,' enr ,h.ir errcioJ croe,a and sisel;
S3r't s,,;is nn'i Won ,nooa,,jgo ~ ~, ro t,'o
w. III - ,I' Wv
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,f io,it,d ,, aInnar
ne, ,ee' ',c IN j.y in,,or' ~ uSp
,S ,r,,,io Trr. ,h.;r no;,hhors ,,o,, ,somi5
ho .,.,'G i'"'i t"T' uei an ,h ,cy moa
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lIr IT,, ,-;'''. ~ o"nh sto,o VIM, Tho
,i'o,r,as ,,n W. 'rb., snos,i,, seoeo, which
,,r,i- 90 r NV, 49,, 81 i;,'nr -
H., i;r, es '. Ill o,',,,,ors 80 ,i,.n ,ho,,
NV ,',e ~ "I IN, dn "S ov q" 10 smrJ
cn,.!,rc,in,r tGr;r dxclIin,s he ,hc ,aet nf
1,,,,, r,,, Ini,' re- ;n,,,atr,;,,, ot
1,nir o',,s ~, ME tina ,,ncr most h;rds ore
.,o,;,t7 H., H. d., I'D L. ;nIaoJ .imrnI.r
t", iL;h a. " ;Tna h foroo 81 5"hi,
nr in'aJ"arote fnnd is ,hv.i5,,ricoI nrohIrm
Vita, ~ ;,,,os,i.,o,;o,' 'N"'
w. gn',,nl a,I ,c1iroI orc ,hoso ,;rds ,hov
ns,,,dc tn i've in comnarativc encinsion
,LonrL ~, ,irrc IN IA frnm the house md
,1,v nIoir IN vnrr rrnnn,ls Tho who'll sos-
,,,, ,,,,,o,;.eJ unI,ss cow ,n, IL on tho
,.a,,1, o., H., ,...,','y .ohn,,'rnr,, forn,,ri,,
on,,li1L IN Tho emily CON have oniv NJ,
;ral,;N,i eigpitr,,r in ,bis Ieas corrulo3a "f
nn, i,;rds
mo is ~, ,,i.tal;p, SD marked a figure
Co.. tla vaAwinv. dressed in soft. silken
ul1mara Of nm nsbcn drab. snirused with
warm sbalps of brown and yellow. with
noi,tol crpst which may he raised n,
win. the sjrjpc Of black yelyetv feathers
in IN, rcriun If Tic eve and The sinr,,lar
vix.u annpndnccs of Iritht vnrnill,on which
tin. the wing oIllls and I, IS frequently those
of The TAIL
Late in the snrirr tbe catar. birds are seen
c,urg1rit abou in small sonods nov, and then
s,Iertin1 ~ dix ryntorv IN come Tree eyhi-
Li,ipr a marked unifnrmitv In indiv,duols
,h,re beiur it'll. 10 distinguish thc scycs
either in sizs or color. Thor nlumn. oval
f,rms and casv. unduIo;iro fIir,,i arc no,icn.
a'lc and thcir manner of tlving and nerchipr
c.nnoct b,dios as onn bird sbould M, nc
r,rc me- ohscfvrr, ''N '''N NV -
II "a or,on Iniv hororo n,rc,, attention i,
giv'n IN III" rcsi ond Mis- ia ms" "oi, r,ocnd
=, a,' "a onnI t,oo " IN ,ho oro oy r',,'
hr'h II, th. ii,Iini,,t,r ros,,ro VII ,ha;r
rc.rrot ia Giscnvnr'1 " 10. h,ocl, nyo n ,"
over lhr RIM for moment ard ihon the
occupant silentlv retirrs moI;ing M rrmon.
| strancn who,evcr the Issue
On Ike last of Iulv wc con,o NM, q ,vox
uing.s dyyniI;nS, hn,i I'M t,roivn fnit rr",, Tho
"'"7 y -; III VI i,o',' Wv
r',Inr loose a.d dhn,sc n,,y,rro n nS a'rass
cod str,ne ,nrts s,rir,,s anI n,hor WEI
n. riai and con,o ar,s ,.rno ro,,n[,
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