48 THE STORY OF A BIRD LOVER 



the Kentucky warbler, the hooded warbler, the 

 summer tanager, the rough-winged swallow, the 

 cardinal, the Acadian flycatcher, the pileated 

 woodpecker, red-headed woodpecker, the least 

 bittern, and the little blue heron were some of 

 the birds that I had known only by reputation. 



Another remembrance of the time is the pleas- 

 ure of my association with Mr. Edwards and the 

 other members of his family. Mr. Edw^ards was 

 a man widely known as a specialist in butterflies, 

 and here, this study was pursued with vigor. He 

 taught me about all the common butterflies of the 

 region ; showed me how they grew, what their 

 development was, what they fed on. His method 

 of procuring specimens for his collection I shall 

 always recall. It seemed so original and new to 

 me. He avoided as far as possible catching 

 butterflies in the ordinary way, and the net was 

 employed only for unusual kinds. Procuring a 

 male and female of a given species, and cover- 

 ing the plant or bush on which the young cater- 

 pillars would naturally feed with a barrel netted 

 at one end with mosquito netting, he introduced 

 the captives alive to such a retreat. They 

 would lay the eggs and soon after young cater- 

 pillars would be hatched. Feeding on their 

 natural food, protected from the wily ichneumon 

 flies and other enemies, the caterpillars in due 

 time changed into chrysalids. Ultimately from 



