Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-01-25
NOTES ON THE FAUNA OF vEH-
uONT-xXs.
November Notes.


and fall In this month the final preparations s
are made and before its close there il gen
orally little doubt of tho issue. The change
is great but the signs are many. It witnesses I
the frosting Of the landscape aud sealing Of
the smaller water courses The waterfowl
are now driven to the lakes which afford
them harbor the longest. 1t is often mid
winter before they are forced from the broad
basin Of Lake Champlsin. The migratory
bird turns its back upon the snow and the
ground animals dig and store their cellars
in advance. Some appear to be weather
wise in compensation for other powers
withheld. They heed the nature Of the ap
preaching season and lay their plans accord |
ingly. The gray squirrel may not thatch his |
lodge until February. The muskrat,
discerning the signs, builds al loose shanty or
high dense mound, and the woodchuck
| takes his last look at the sky aud goes in and
shuts the door if the weather is forbiddiug
The mice and the ground-squirrels laying up
their stores of nuts and adpose, prepare now
| to enter their catacombs.
| I'D } The leaves rustic in the woods like
unlaid ghosts, and the gaunt, leatless
trees, stand like disrobed spcctres in the
forests.
The most stubborn plants gradually yield
to the influence of the season, but there is
still much green on the surface OF the wood.
The hardy race Of moss and lchens, clothing
wood and stone, filling up the chinks,
retain their fresh verdure, and among them
trails the partridge-berry proving itself win
tergrsen. Ia the open and on the HON OF
the forest, the running lycopodia interbrai1cd
with the grass make the carpet soft and
green with their thlckly entangled trains.
Their little fruit-stalks now withered present
, straw .colored ribbon, resembling the
brstlug arms of an army in miniature. The
hoary clusters of hygromctric moss, yield
ing to the pressure of the foot betray the
moisture in the atmosphere.
{ i In the undershrubbery the low cornell is
, conspicuous with its purpsh whorls Of
notified leaves amid the dark red, shining
wintersreens. Among the trees We note the
5 poplars covered with n whitsh film like
g The neighborug birch, the stiff, red
. tipped stems OF the mountain maple, and the
duil varnish of the willow tinting in warm
colors the swamps and river-banks.
.. The frost has not chilled the ard n Of one
:, musician at least, for he was singing in the
trec-top this morning. There was no &C
companiheh,, however UuV ..c CiacHi,n5
OF inc Dark anu leis'S an "tnet s1us o.."9
PclnS NUT vi alaen. inls was '.,o Uana,
~ guest, who makes his summer home IN the
: north aud returning in fall, sings on the
s edge Of winter During the day they cOursC
v about the undershrubbery along the diapi-
=. dated brush fence and stone wall, cleaning
II a bOunteous harvest of seed from the with
C cred weed and gras. stalks. We see tlen
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n, B'ape' .;,,, o,,rood ,,r
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lie having ra'neu mus ior lnc squ,, ,tIo o,,on,
nj 'i,S i"avns lie raH"ed sl,T
oro M l,rrnr n ,nce.led and the conc. shan,
N seed cases which dot every twg rescmb
D." brown nuts or berries. Every cone OF anne
I'D contains severn h1I'I hard ~ zen Soy ma,
,ct th nou and am"nts Their contents are d
tributed far and wide, millions of embrl
raj birches. Such security does nature take
"a the preservation OF her species
~ You cannot go far in the WOODS wltho
al, meeting the cheerful little 1T or chickaue
n They are particularly busy To-Day. NC NO