. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. to the elasticity of skin) closed up andlooked like a living one {Fig. 7), thewing bulging out like a fire balloonbeing filled. An occasional flap seemedto bring the edges together {Fig. 8), andin seven minutes from the time when the chrysalisfirst split,the butter-fl y wasfully devel-oped {), thoughnot readyfor itdisplayedits faceto me, Icould nothelp com-paring itto someexquisitecoxcombwith hairbrushed upover itshead inthemost per-fect man-ner ; not ahair out ofplace! andthe deli-cate pinktinted an-t e n n
. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. to the elasticity of skin) closed up andlooked like a living one {Fig. 7), thewing bulging out like a fire balloonbeing filled. An occasional flap seemedto bring the edges together {Fig. 8), andin seven minutes from the time when the chrysalisfirst split,the butter-fl y wasfully devel-oped {), thoughnot readyfor itdisplayedits faceto me, Icould nothelp com-paring itto someexquisitecoxcombwith hairbrushed upover itshead inthemost per-fect man-ner ; not ahair out ofplace! andthe deli-cate pinktinted an-t e n n a e,and whatI can onlyterm, the Fig. 10. 1 ? 1 i absoluteperfection of every part both in formand colour, made such an impression uponmy mind which I shall never forget{Fig. 10). Let me conclude with aquotation :— Lovely indeed the mimic works of man,But Natures worl; far The history of the animal world containsno parallel to the rise of theCats. cat in local status. Not so very long ago Puss wasregarded as part of the life below staus;but times are changed. The modernrepresentatives of the feline race occupya prominent position in the aristocraticworld. They are prized for their blueblood. Their pedigrees are traced for gene-rations. They are carefully housed, fed on
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