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KEARTONS' NATURE PICTURES 





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The Ringlet. 



time to different parts of a single 

 plant. 



The Red Admiral is one of our boldest 

 and most gorgeously coloured butter- 

 flies, and its curious habit of gliding 

 through the air on outstretched motion- 

 less wings during a hot September after- 

 noon is an interesting sight to the 

 entomologist. It is very fond of over- 



The Red Admiral. 



ripe fruit, and especially plums which 

 have been pecked by birds. 



The Common Blue Butterfly is ex- 

 ceedingly numerous on chalk hills, and 

 has a peculiar habit of going to roost 

 upside down. It always alights on a 

 grass stem or other plant head upwards, 

 and then deliberately reverses its position 

 before going to rest. 



The Large Blue. 



The Meadow Brown. 



