LETTEES FEOM ALABAMA. 
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favourites. Close to the school-house I know of 
the nest of a Cardinal, which I will show you by 
and by. It is in a young tree, about six feet from 
the ground, not very artfully concealed : there are 
two eggs in it, which are nearly as large as those of 
the quail. They are whitish, covered with brown 
spots. 
See the little dusky butterflies characteristically 
called Browns,” dancing along in their peculiar 
jerking way, just over the tops of the bushes ; they 
much resemble their congeners, the Meadow-butter- 
flies {HipparcMm) of our own country. They 
RINGLET BUTTERFLIES. 
a. The Blue-eyed Ringlet {Hij)parchia Alope). 
b. The Dusky Argus {HipparcMa Eurythris). 
c. The Blind Argus {HipparcMa Sosybius). 
chiefly affect the glades and lanes of the woods, 
being not very often seen in the clearing ; some- 
times, however, they come into our gardens of 
