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of orange and with beautiful glassy wings folded roof- 

 like above his body (Fig. 47). Great is the change 

 wrought in his appearance during this one momentous 

 night, and greater still the change wrought in his 

 habits ! Good-by now to cowl and robe. The gay 

 knight in armor that wore them has thrown them aside 



and left them clinging like 

 a ghost of a hermit to the 

 spot where they were aban- 

 doned. 



The knight is not alone ; 

 there are thousands of his 

 kind about him — a fact 

 which he realizes with great 



Fig. 47. " Good-by now to cowl and joy. So happy is he that 



^°^®-" he feels as if he must burst 



if he does not find some adequate means for expressing 

 his happiness in this beautiful world of sunshine. Then 

 suddenly he finds in himself the means of expression 

 and bursts into song. Yet, it is not a song exactly, for 

 he is a drummer rather than a singer. On his body, 

 just behind each of his hind wings, is a kettledrum. 

 The head to this drum is of parchment thrown into 

 folds and may be seen with a lens if you lift his wings 

 and look closely. Instead of drumsticks he uses 

 a pair of strong muscles to throw the membranes 



