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FIRST l-fiSSONS IN ZOOLOGY 



arc colored like their surroundings. Often indeed color and 

 pattern are such as t(i make an animal very noticeable. 



Fli;. :!27. — l,.irv,L .if ihc monarcli liiitti-i-fl\-, c. nispicuously marked witli 

 black and whitisli^yellcnv rings, and distasteful to birds. (Natural 

 size; IVoni s]")ecimen. j 



The common large red-brown monarch, or milkweed 

 butterll)- (^fig. 22S), is a conspicuous object whether in flight 



Fh:. 22S. — Tlie iiinnan li Ijuttrrll \-, .-/;/,.,,/,; pltwippiis (above), dist.isteful to 

 bir.K, and llie viLi'r..y, tnuilanlua archippiis (below), which mimics 

 il. (i'rom specimens.) 



or alighted on some flower or branch. Rut the birds do 

 not attack' it; and for this reason, that it contains, aa has 



