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WILD NATURE'S WAYS. 



of which I had made it long madly by baiting a 



favourite flower near at hand. 



As an illustration of what may be done with 



a drop or two of honey, I have this very day so 



tamed a bluebottle fly that found his way into 



my study, by 

 feeding him 

 j udiciously 

 upon it, that 

 he would allow 

 me to carry him 



BLUE BUTTERFLY AT ROOST. 



all round the room 

 on my finger whilst 

 he was industri- 

 ously imbibing, and 

 even to touch his 

 well-groomed, much - 

 cared-for wings. 



The powerful flighted, hardy brimstone, sup- 

 posed by some authorities to have suggested the 

 idea of " the butter-coloured fly," is an exceed- 

 ingly difficult creature to photograph. It is, like 

 other insects, subject to great seasonal variation 

 in numbers. In this neighbourhood it was very 



