218 THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 



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CORRESPONDENCE. 



Sir, — In answer to the the letter in the 

 Number April 27th, relative to the song 

 of the Chiff-chaff: I have since been 

 observing the Chiff-chaffs to see for myself 

 whether they sung or not. I have heard them 

 several times singing in a somewhat low, but 

 melodious song. In Morris it says that they 

 sing from the tops of tall trees, but they seem 

 to me to sing much more often from the midst 

 of small bushes and hedges. Yours truly, 

 C. Prescott Dene, Brockleton Court, 

 Tenbury. 



April 28th. 



BRITISH BUTTERFLIES. 



By J. E. Robson ; with figures from life by 

 S. L. Mosley. 



(Assisted by contributors to the Y. N.) 



The insects of this family always have six 

 perfect legs. They are divided into two sub- 

 families : Papilionin/e and Pierin^. The 

 Papilionin-s; " may always be known by the 

 apparently four branched median nervule, 

 and the spur on the anterior tibise." The 

 Pierin^e " may be readily known from the 

 preceeding, by the absence of the spur in- 



