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A Familiar Guest 3 



The Cuckoos and the Outwitted Cow-bird 23 



Door-step Neighbors 57 



A Queer Little Family on the Bittersweet 87 



The Welcomes of the Flowers 105 



A Honey-dew Picnic 15 J 



A Few Native Orchids and Their Insect Sponsors . . 171 



The Milkweed 227 



Index. 239 



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