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WILD NATURE'S WAYS. 



from a latitudinal 

 point of \' i e w, 

 than either of the 

 above-mentioned 

 species. 



Last June^whilst 

 in the Western Isles, 

 I spent several days 

 on the shores of a 

 shallow loch, and 

 was struck by the 

 great abundance of 

 white clover, yellow 

 bees, and short- 

 tailed field - mice 

 and shrews. The 

 nests of bees and 

 mice were every- 

 where amongst the rushes and bog grass. Upon 

 opening several of the former, I found that the 

 single females in them always repaired the 

 damage by carrying the moss backwards. 



Wasps are exceedingly interesting creatures to 

 study. They visit my beehive in search of any 

 unconsidered trifle they can pick up, and it does 

 not appear to matter whether they find the 

 newly thrown out body of a drone or a member 

 of their own species, it is cut up and carried away 

 to their nests for the benefit of the voracious larvae. 



CATERPILLARS OF CINNABAR 

 MOTH ON RAGWORT. 



