WINTER BUTTERFLIES IN BOLINAS 



tical tree which was the home 

 of their predecessors the win- 

 ter before; for they migrate 

 but to end their days, and can 

 not return to show the way 

 to their progeny which will 

 hatch next spring into stupid 

 caterpillars having no desire 

 but to eat till their time for 

 sleep arrives. The instinct or 

 intelligence of the awakened 

 butterfly is inexplicable. 



On sunny days the Mon- 

 archs feast on the flowers that 

 bloom all winter in the vil- 



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