. Brief guide to the commoner butterflies of the northern United States and Canada [microform] : being an introduction to a knowledge of their life histories. Butterflies; Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons. other end of )V{ible handle; sonstructed on thus described e text. wire, each about Bularly and join check on one beaten into two nk and soldered n so fitted they threaded to fit wide enough to life blade. The as at c, for con- 30 made of any ttiug it into the APPENDIX. 193 hollow tube a^ which should be about six inches ; The stick should be about four feet long. Mr. Lintner make
. Brief guide to the commoner butterflies of the northern United States and Canada [microform] : being an introduction to a knowledge of their life histories. Butterflies; Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons. other end of )V{ible handle; sonstructed on thus described e text. wire, each about Bularly and join check on one beaten into two nk and soldered n so fitted they threaded to fit wide enough to life blade. The as at c, for con- 30 made of any ttiug it into the APPENDIX. 193 hollow tube a^ which should be about six inches ; The stick should be about four feet long. Mr. Lintner makes use of a rod witli a head [Fig. 8] screwed to one end, in which to fasten an elastic brass ribbon, on which the net is drawn, but which when not in use may be placed inside the hat, while the stick serves as a cane, and tlie head and bag may be placed in the pocket. An entomologist becomes a less conspicuous personage with such an outfit. The " chase " for butterflies should rarely be a question of speed; caution and stratagem are better arts; a butter- fly should rarely be alarmed, or the game is lost; intent upon a flower, one may even be captured with the fingers by slow approach upon the shady side; many have the habit of returning to a twig they have left, and can be captured by lying in wait near the spot; others will course up and down a roadside, a forest lane, or a hedgerow, and may be easily netted by taking advantage of this habit. Nor should it be forgotten that not a few are very limited indeed in the selection of their haunts, and every kind of spot should be visited; some confine their flight to marshy spots and even pio. a. -Net- to particular bogs; some prefer the open headforaremov- fields; pastures where thistles and other weeds are in flower attract a great crowd; others may be found in openings in the forest where the fire-weed conceals the charred timber beneath its panicles of blue flowers; one will not look in vain upon the goldenrods and blo
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