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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. 



near the 



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

 quently to your V roof and watch for the birds 

 that fly over. If mV in one of our many cities 

 - JpT" water, you will have 

 a chance that those 

 in the country sel- 

 dom have, of seeing 

 the seabirds the 

 ~ N white her- 

 ring gulls 





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



