222 DEL AGO A BAY. 



this would occur at the close of a long, tiring, 

 and disappointing day, but none but a collector 

 can understand how all fatigue is then totally 

 forgotten, and all things seem to look their 

 brightest once again. 



Butterflies vary very much in their manner 

 of flying, some always keeping near the ground 

 and continually settling, like the red-tips, small 

 blues, and coppers. Others only swoop down 

 occasionally, soaring to a great height immedi- 

 ately afterwards. 



I have often lost some of these after waiting 

 hours for their appearance, just by taking off 

 my attention for a moment and releasing my 

 hold of the net in order to pop a ground-nut 

 in my mouth when assailed by the pangs of 

 hunger, and have on such occasions vowed never 

 to eat again whilst collecting, a vow I fear not 

 always kept. 



Many skippers and " Blues " seem to take a 

 fancy to one particular leaf or twig, returning 

 to it again and again almost as pertinaciously 

 as a dragon-fly. I captured no less than three 



