lesser members of their kind. 

 One of their most noted char- 

 acteristics, mentioned by nearly 

 all authorities on butterflies, is 

 their tendency at the end of 

 summer to gather in great 

 swarms, as if preparing for a 

 long flight. At such times they 

 are found clinging in masses 

 upon low trees and shrubs, just 

 as they cling to the pines dur- 

 ing their long sojourn in the 

 Monterey woods, but as yet the 

 latter place is the only known 

 spot where they remain thus 

 assembled for any length of 

 time, their gatherings which 

 have been observed elsewhere 

 being only temporary, a day or 

 two in duration at the longest. 

 They fly high and strongly, 



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