. Nature sketches in temperate America, a series of sketches and a popular account of insects, birds, and plants, treated from some aspects of their evolution and ecological relations . viewpresented as the lantern light fell upon the profusion ofgreen herbage. Here and there, for instance, the view may beenlivened by either the little slender green grasshoppers,Xiphidium, on the very summit of a head of timothy, or thepresence of a cone-head, or the exquisite oblong-winged katydidperched on the goldenrod. After a little attention is given tothe notes of the males, the various species can be d
. Nature sketches in temperate America, a series of sketches and a popular account of insects, birds, and plants, treated from some aspects of their evolution and ecological relations . viewpresented as the lantern light fell upon the profusion ofgreen herbage. Here and there, for instance, the view may beenlivened by either the little slender green grasshoppers,Xiphidium, on the very summit of a head of timothy, or thepresence of a cone-head, or the exquisite oblong-winged katydidperched on the goldenrod. After a little attention is given tothe notes of the males, the various species can be distinguished,and then one may trace them to each of the musicians. Onenight, near the last of July, I started upon a katydid excur-sion along a narrow lane. A farmer had mowed down theplants along the line of the path, but leating at the fence row,on one side only, a margin of native wild plants. I cautiouslylighted my way and had proceeded but a few minutes, when Iheard the high shrilling of a cone-head. In a few momentsmore he was in the full glare of my lantern. Though I hadmade some commotion in getting to the spot, he continued ECOLOGY — INTERPRETATION OF ENVIRONMENT 389. The Female Oblong-vringed Katydid (Amblycprypha oUongifolia) on dandelion. On account of the insect being newly moulted it was a very pale green in color. I found this species at night often frequenting the tops of the goldenrod along the roadsides and fence rows, as described in the text. 390 NATURE SKETCHES IN TEMPERATE AMERICA his shrilling uninterruptedly, entirely unconcerned at myapproach. After a distance of three hundred yards had beencovered by my walk, my list of cone-heads seen consisted offive males and three females, each one suggesting some newfeature of their habits. On this night, I also occasionally came across the pupseand adults of the oblong-winged katydids. To those who love i \ ■ j^ ^»|r ^^.w. ^!^^^^^^H ^ ^m ^^^m,^ i^^l^HH .^^i^Ktm m ^^ •W m^ml^k J - 1 . ■ -^ W- Texan K
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