Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-09-07

the young Gold-6nob. In another week ,bd
three strongest OF the family have take1
wing, and the others will soon fly. Tbey
have their first coat Of feathers now. dusk
yellow above and below, the darker quilis
OF the wing being strongly bufr.edeed.
ana the little head is bald for the most
part.
Few il any of our birds display a sweater
disposition than the Gold-inch, which seems
Incapable of an angry look or word. An.
pfoach or disturb her nest, and she cries and
Degs so plantively that her eggs be spared.
the most hardened sinner must needs hest
tate.
This common New England finch has sew.
eral d!'dSes, such as yellow. bird, Thistle.
tlt!i, and the even, undulating line it de-
scrloes IN the air, and its soft lisping voice
are sufficient to apprise us of its presence
wheh not near enough to motel its thick
| cofn.colored bill, and lemon yellow dress and
Dlack cap and wings.
| You often see large ilocks Of these birds
10 10 NAY, ieedlng on the seeds of the poplar.
Inc tops OF the trees seem alive with the lii
| lie seed CATERERS and their cooling and the
sou murmur OF their voices fills the fresh
air OF spring with the sweetest music Won
may hear the whole year through.
Late mi summer they flock again and
scour The country plLndering the ranks of
That giant family OF plants, the Co1,positae
oil which the wayside thistle is a favorite
and whose myriad seeds the winds of autumn
start on their aerial voyage. Occasionally
they appeal in winter, now with their
iiaxcn LAIR, in still larger companies dcfyng
the cold.
The VIreos.
Like the Swallows and Thrushes the
Viroos or Giecnlets Ito give the English
equivalent of the Latinl, form a distinct and
well.markcd family of New England bird,
OF the five species which have now been
noted in Vermont only two are common. the
Red-eyed and Warbling Nircos, hui tie
laller sseemsto make up for the scarcity of
their brethren by abundance in their own
ranks. Other species are the Bluc.hra,led or
) litary, the Whitc-cyed and the Yellow
throated Greenets.
They agree well as family, reaching in
our latitude in May and departing in the
iall, constructing pensile, cup-shapcd nests,
taking their calerpiller or colcopterous prey
oil the leaves and bark of trees, haunting for
The most part, the groves ard shade
trees OF The town or the neighborng orch
ards and woodlands, singing the whole sum.
mer through, striving" as Thorcau says,
In midsum,na5 tho " n.,o , a,'o 1''ee'
'"0 ''''
WarbIing virco, (virco giivus, Ep.j.
mo,, fro,,,,o,,t,, &c.,.
-, W S'uu III pains "u" lihao'
Ted districts generally, foraging amid the
leaves Of the elm aud apple for its insect
fire and saln,ir, ,ba r,oddi,, dave &c .,
mer with its dreamy warhleda s"n;, su'"-
This Lird of ,ho ei1o Of 10 9ch;on;,,,
sparrow, is clnd in n montIe nT all ''p pi,s
rtav. win an ashcn crown 20 n,,i,, hraas, I
n cirar hazel cve I, Voc az, co., 49, an'
son on the ION If Nav and IN, tti iat,af
June they wrrc hringing fNr,L ,hfir f,,i,,.
llcdged younr Then yoi7 ,itl,, ,nl'tn,. MI,
prayish foothorv hoIIe ,,nrcha3 ,,,Or',L 49,,
receiving Inc fS,d from thoir anxious ro-
cnts and continuously rivinr ont ,he;r most
pceyish notcs Nor Inv tho riJ1in 81 LII,
had nil the voung on,s ,ormai ,n st; u; vti,
themselves S''''' '"'
In northern pa,,s of fine State ,bc .yIv,,
Ncd-Eye' ". olivaceus-N,-,
will be more abusd6hi- n cheerful If not mr.
,is,cp, ,nuaic;,;, ,.',,,, r',, NV
s''"' WI" iu''' cic"r soug' IN
jamaica, where the bird is reported to 10
-esldent he goes by the pseudonym of
whip Tom Kelly" a rather doubtful repro
luction of his song