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MOM 



A WOODLAND TRAGEDY . . . 71 



THE BUTCHER-BIRD 74 



THE BUTCIIKR-BIKD'S WIFE ... TS 



PART OK HIS LARDER 76 



HIS WIFE IMPALING A HARVEST-MOUSE .... 79 



BEETLES AND FIELD-MOUSE 84 



" I WANT THAT FLY " 6 



THE WIKE UN HER NEST 



MARRIAGE AMONG THE CLOVERS .... 94 



FEMALE HKi.iiNIA FLOWERS 96 



THE SEED-BAG 98 



FLOWERS IN BUD 99 



MALF. FLOWER, FRONT VIEW IOO 



MALE FLOWER, BACK VIEW ... IOI 



DUTCH CLOVER IN SIX ASPECTS . . . 105 II j 

 STRAWBERRY CLOVER IN FIVE ASPECTS . . . II 



THOSE HORRID EARWIGS ui 



PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN 124 



PORTRAIT OF A LADY 12$ 



WITH WINGS EXPANDED ...... 128 



BEGINNING TO CLOSE 129 



SEVEN FURTHER STAGES . . . . I ',< > I j>> 



THE TAIL HELPS - IJ7 



THE USE OF THE PINCERS .... 'j^ 



THE TAIL STRAIGHTENED AGAIN ... 39 



THE WING BENKATH THE WING-CASE . . . 140 



THE WING-CASK RAISED M' 



SITTING ON HER EGGS 142 



HER BROOD OF CHICKS 143 



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THE EARWIG'S MOUTH '45 



THE FIRST PAPER-MAKER 148 



FAMILY PORTRAITS . 1 50 



THE CITY, TWO DAYS OLD ... .156 



THE CITY. FIVE DAYS OLD . . . 57 



