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flight of his ; he works those splendid wings for a 

 moment, then Radit iter liquidum, celeres neque 

 commovet alas. The Painted Lady is almost as 

 beautiful, and this year she is to be seen everywhere 

 here; the more sober -coloured Grayling is always 

 abundant on Bindon. This latter fly, and also some 

 others, seem here to be peculiarly liable to a minute 

 parasite, which raises one and sometimes two or 

 three swellings of a brilliant vermilion on their 

 bodies, apt to stain the finger if it be broken. The 

 Clouded Yellow is to be found here in most years, 

 and is now in extraordinary numbers ; I have seen 

 also a single specimen of the beautiful pale variety, 

 in a boy's collection made here during the last few 

 weeks. The Marbled White affects one end of 

 Bindon, and the exquisite Clifden Blue the other; 

 the latter haunting the warm sunny hollows on the 

 southern side, where its delicate wings do not get 

 caught too roughly by the wind. The Chalk Hill 

 Blue and the Common Blue are to be seen on most 

 chalk downs, and they are in great abundance here ; 

 but the bright sheen of the wings of the Clifden Blue is 

 a thing to be remembered, and it is not too often seen. 

 At the base of Bindon is one of the few homes 

 of a Skipper peculiar to this stretch of coast, a 

 sober -coloured little fly, which still survives the 

 raids made upon it by collectors. And as the 

 Skippers bring us by an easy transition to the 



