52 FIRST BOOK OF ZOOLOGY. 



for study, and this is the best way, as the activity and suc- 

 cess of one will act as a stimulus to the others. 



FIG. 52. 



In the country, the best places to collect are by the road- 

 sides, or borders of woods and groves ; in the gardens, and 

 by the fences, or along the shores of lakes and brooks, under 

 stones and stumps, the bark of fallen trees, or beneath the 

 layers of dead leaves. Insects are scarce in deep woods, and 

 in large, open tracts of pasture-land. 



In the cities, the parks and gardens will afford good 

 collecting-grounds, as under plank-walks and boards many 

 insects find shelter. Alongside of railroad-tracks the dis- 

 carded sleepers often hide many a curious beetle. In short, 



