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has begun his house by using the leaf, spinning it 

 into the cocoon as part of its walls, much as does 

 the wretched " brown-tail." The gray cocoons, or 

 rather nests, of this "brown-tail" moth you must 



/ bring home to burn, for they are one of our greatest 

 pests. You will find them full of tiny caterpillars as 



| you tear them open. 



Bring home your collection and, with the help of 

 such a book as " Moths and Butterflies " by Mary C. 

 Dickerson, identify them and hang them up for 

 their " coming out " in the spring. 



If you live in the city, you ought to go up fre- 



quently to your 

 that fly over. If 

 near the ^^ 



roof and watch for the birds 

 in one of our many cities 

 water, you will have 

 a chance that those 

 in the country sel- 

 dom have, of seeing 

 the seabirds the 

 ~ white her- 



(the young gulls are brown, and look like a different 



