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THE WHITE MOUNTAINS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, AS 

 A HOME FOR BUTTERFLIES 



There is no spot in New England where an 

 aurelian can obtain such successful results in a 

 brief time as in the high valleys of the White 

 Mountain region. Not only are many butterflies 

 which elsewhere are rare, or abundant only in very 

 restricted localities, to be obtained here, but they 

 occur in the greatest profusion, more than making 

 amends for the less favorable weather which is apt 

 to interfere with collecting in mountainous locali- 

 ties. From the latter part of May until late in 

 September one is always rewarded for a few days' 

 collecting. 



Perhaps it is because my visits have mainly been 

 to that spot that I have found " The Glen " the 

 most favorable region. Here, in a valley running- 

 north and south, at an elevation of about 2000 

 feet, following in one direction the valley of the 

 Peabody, and in the other that of the Ellis, in a 



