. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms;. Zoology; Birds; Reptiles; Fishes. 296 THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD grass and low bushes, especially in the smith of I^ngland. It is about 2 inches in length. Among the foreign species of this rather extensive family, we may mention some green or reddish South American species, with a large round spot on the hind wings, not unlike those seen in the peacock-butterfl}'. The last family includes the SllnKT-HOKXED GRASSHOPPERS, or TRUE LOCUSTS, so very destructive in many countries, ' - , though the real Migratory Locust
. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms;. Zoology; Birds; Reptiles; Fishes. 296 THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD grass and low bushes, especially in the smith of I^ngland. It is about 2 inches in length. Among the foreign species of this rather extensive family, we may mention some green or reddish South American species, with a large round spot on the hind wings, not unlike those seen in the peacock-butterfl}'. The last family includes the SllnKT-HOKXED GRASSHOPPERS, or TRUE LOCUSTS, so very destructive in many countries, ' - , though the real Migratory Locusts i , are only casual visitors to England, the native British species being all small insects, found among grass, and doing but little damage. The commonest of the Migratory Locusts visiting Britain is the Rl-^D-LEGGED Lcicusr, which expands from 2 to 4 inches, and has grey wing-cases varied ^\ith brown, pale green hind wings, and red hind sjianks, with white black-tipped spines. Another species, the E(;yptian Locust, more rarely met with, has brown fore wings, and grey hind wings, crossed by a broad blackish band. Two photographs are given on page 693 of a specimen brought to England among \egetables "^ in the spring of 1901. Manj- foreign locusts, large and small, have beauti- ful red or blue hind wings, and some of these are common on the Continent, though not in lingland ; those found in Europe are comparatixx'ly small, measuring only i or 2 inches across the wing-cases; but some of the great South American locusts measure as much as 7 or 8 inches in expanse. However, some of the smaller species, such as the CvPRiAN LoCUST and the Rocky Mountain LocusT,which measure less than 2 inches across the wing-cases, are much more de- structive than the large species. A real invasion of locusts is a terrible calamity, for the insects fly like birds, but in vast flocks, and de- vour every scrap of vegetation where they settle. Sometimes a flight, two or three miles broad, continu
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