SWALLOW-TAIL BUTTERFLY, 
THE beautiful Butterfly represented in the 
annexed print, is a native of this country. It 
was, however, when first found, supposed to 
be a foreign insect ; and certainly bears a very 
strong resemblance to the New- York Swallow- 
Tail, which we have already figured and de- 
scribed. 
Linnaeus calls this Butterfly Machaon : and, 
by some English Aurelians, it has been deno- 
minated the Royal William; probably, as a 
compliment to his Royal Highness William 
Duke of Cumberland, who was popular for 
his defeat of the rebels, in 1745, about the 
time when this Butterfly appears to have been 
first particularly noticed. 
Though we regard this as our Common 
Swallow-Tail Butterfly, it is by no means found 
any where in abundance. It is chiefly seen in 
the meadows near Bristol ; and at Westram, 
near Cookham, in Surry. 
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