that this is winter, and that but- 

 terflies are not supposed to be 

 abroad in winter. Then it is 

 that the marvel of it dawns 

 upon the beholder, and his keen 

 interest is very certain to be 

 aroused. He will in all likeli- 

 hood spend pleasant days in ob- 

 serving the Monarchs and be- 

 coming acquainted with their 

 habits, for they do have hab- 

 its, very firm and fixed ones, as 

 will later be seen. 



Although they alight on 

 every plant and shrub and tree 

 that blossoms in the neighbor- 

 hood, the nearer the observer 

 comes to their own home trees, 

 the greater their numbers, until 

 a group of pines is seen, the 

 branches of which are literally 



