Hedgerow Life 
mental and nearly as large as the small 
birds. What can be more beautiful than 
a red admiral butterfly slowly opening 
and shutting its wings of black and 
scarlet, as it sits on a purple thistle-head ; 
or some of the lovely blue butterflies, or 
tie coppers; And if we have no 
humming-birds in England, there is a 
good substitute in the humming-bird 
hawk-moth. This moth hovers over 
the flowers in the garden, and sucks the 
honey from them with its long pro- 
boscis without alighting. Its wings 
move so rapidly that they make a 
‘humming’ noise, and the action and 
appearance and habits of this insect so 
resemble the humming-birds of tropical 
countries that many people who see 
them are quite sure that they have seen 
a humming-bird in England; and have 
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