TiiK Cows THAT Ants Milk 3 



lucciil insects, moored by theii' beaks or suckin*^- 

 tubes to the shoots ol the }ilant on which tliev have 

 been born, and whicli they seldom cjuit unless 

 forcibly ejected. l^'or tiiey are no Columbuses. 

 The spray of rose-bush li^ured in sketch Xo. i 

 shows a ^mall part of one such numerous house- 

 hold in quiet possession oi its lamily tree and 



NO. I. 



A liK.\N( 11 01 1111 lAMllV IKI.i:. 



euj^a^ed, as is its wont, in suckinj^ for dear life at 

 the juices of its own pectiiiai" food-plant. ^'ou 

 will obseive that they are clustered closest .it the 

 ^rowin^^-point. h'^acli little bea^t of this complex 

 family is coloured protectivelv screen, so as to bi- 

 as inconspicuous as possible to the keen eves of its 

 numerous enemies ; and each sticks to its ciiosen 

 twig with beak and sucker as K)ni4 as there is any- 



