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night before had been transformed by some witch- 

 ery of the morning- sun, and were retiu-ning in this 

 guise. Hundreds of the yellow and black forms flashed 

 through the trees, flock after flock of fifty or more, 



MEXICAN CACIQUE 



spreading through all the woods in smaller companies 

 to feed. As they passed, their wings made a strange, 



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