Chapter Five 

 THE LADY BIRD 



DEILEPHILA LINEATA 



LINEATA MOTH 



IN that same 

 country gar- 

 den where 

 my first Cecropia 

 was found, Deil- 

 ephila Lineata 

 was one of my 

 earUest recollec- 

 tions. This moth 

 flew among the 

 flowers of especial 

 sweetness all day 

 long, just as did 

 the humming- 

 birds; and I was 

 taught that it was 

 a bird also — the 

 Lady Bird. The 

 little tan and gray 

 thing hovering in 

 air before the 



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