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June 10th. 



Beauty of Summer. — American Pearl-border Fritillary. — Yellow- 

 spotted Skipper. — Natural affinities of Insects. — Tiger Swallowtail. 

 — Moths. — Sembling. — Star Cranefly. — Other Insects. — Tabani — 

 structure of their Mouth — appetite for Blood — Distension. — Chi- 

 goe. — Termites. — Ticks. — Pearlfly. — White-bodied Cimbex. — 

 Passenger Pigeon — its immense Hosts — Beauty of Plumage. — Tur- 

 tle-dove — its Notes. — • Quivering of the Air. — River. — Evening 

 Scenery contrasted with Morning. — Sleep of cold-blooded Animals. — 

 Barred Owl. — Firefly. — Use of its Light unknown. — Luminous 

 Appearance of the Ocean. — Bottom of the Sea. — Singular Light 

 once seen by the Author. 



Father. — We may now say that summer is here in all 

 its rich and gorgeous beauty : " the glorious summer time ;" 

 a time which, to the naturalist, is like the opening of the 

 gates of Eden. It is indeed delightful to walk forth and 

 behold Nature in her majesty and loveliness ; — the glorious 

 sunshine, the verdant field, the glittering insects ; to feel 

 the balmy and fragrant breeze ; to hear the melody of the 

 birds, as they glide among the leafy shades of the forest ; to 

 see the trees with their weight of massy foliage, fragrant with 

 blossoms ; to observe the profusion, the almost excess of life 

 and gladness, which pervades the vast temple of nature. — 

 Look at yonder maple woods : how rich an effect is pro- 

 duced by the contrast of light and shade ! masses of the 

 most soft and refreshing green, prominent in the bright sun- 

 shine, relieved by the dark sombre recesses which the eye 



