MOTHS OF THE LIMBERLOST 



pay five dollars for my 'Butterfly Book' in order to learn 

 what you wish to know concerning the anatomy of moths." 

 Possibly this is fair, but I cannot seem to realize it. 

 So it has gone, times innumerable, until I have come to 

 feel safe only when I prove ni}' own salvation l)y find- 

 ing out what I desire to know through personal ex- 

 perience. 



Many people mentioned in connection with the speci- 

 mens they brought me have been more than kind in 

 helping to collect the material this volume contains; 

 but its publication scarcely would have been possible to 

 me had it not been for the enthusiasm of one girl who 

 prefers not to be mentioned and the work of a seventeen- 

 year-old boy, Raymond Miller. He has been my sole 

 helper in many difficult days of field work among the 

 birds, and for the moths his interest reached such a pitch 

 that he spent many hours afield in search of eggs, cater- 

 pillars, cocoons, and moths, when my work confined me 

 to the cabin. He has carried to me many of my rarest 

 cocoons, and found in their native haunts several moths 

 needed to complete the book. It is to be hoped that 

 these wonderful days afield have brought their own 

 compensation, for kindness such as his I never can 

 reward adequately. The book proves my indebtedness 

 to the Deacon and to Molly-Cotton. I also owe 

 thanks to Bob Burdette Black, the oldest and warmest 

 friend of my bird work, for many fine moths and co- 



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