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WILD NATURE'S WAYS. 



MIMICKING MOTH ON ROSE-LEAF. 



Many small moths mimic grass seeds, and 

 thereby, no doubt, frequently deceive even the 

 sharp eyes of hungry birds. The example depicted 

 in the illustration opposite is very difficult to find 

 when it has flown a few yards away, and alighted 

 amongst thousands of ripe grass seeds, which it 

 matches to a nicety in coloration. 



The large white plume moth is evidently not 

 counted amongst the desirable edible trifles which 

 insect-eating birds hunt after all day long, for it 

 suspends its conspicuous body in all sorts of 

 avian haunts without appearing to suffer harm 

 through the publicity in which it indulges. 



