270 Notice of the Melolontha, or May- Bug. ; 
lower parts of their roots cut off. In meadows, in such 
seasons, particularly on dry hillocks, 1a roots of the g a 
are so cut off that the withered grass may be raked off 
rods. In such places I gts collected from twenty to forty 
inthe space of a square foo 
hese worms are the Hpi food of the blackbird, 
_ which devours them in such numbers as to render it a ques- 
“tion of policy whether this bird ought not to receive le- 
gislative protection, rather than be placed. by offering 
a bounty on his scalp, (as is the case in some States,) under 
_ the ban of the empire. I verily believe the ee he 
~ does bear no proportion to. the services he re 
n the earth previous to” ‘its intermediate or pupa 
RK remains but a short time in this state, when it 
gered its final or perfect change. They are then at 
first feeble, of a pale yellow brown colour, and it is some 
time before they take flight. During the twilight of a sum- 
mer evening they may be seen in great numbers ont e 
worms | 
n meadows ee they are abundant, it is no 
a find a number which have attache to them, veg 
; in 
Bevneeally nes between the 
e tho orax, and in a few instan- 
: ese appear to be a species of | Led 
there is generally but o one to each grub, thou nous hough in 
al instances [ hav two. ns! 
