WINTER BUTTERFLIES IN BOLINAS 



they may be seen hanging on 

 the cypress branches. A tree 

 appears brown, as if covered 

 with dead leaves, as the but- 

 terflies, in countless thousands 

 hang close together with fold- 

 ed wings to conserve the 

 warmth of their frail bodies. 

 In stormy weather they re- 

 main thus dormant for days 

 and even weeks, benumbed 

 by the cold, yet clinging fast 

 to the branches. Many, how- 

 ever, are wrenched from their 

 places of refuge and lie scat- 



