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staved in their chrysalis state from ten 
to fourteen days. The chrysalis was 
about one inch long. At, last the chry¬ 
salis turned brown and black for about 
two hours. Then a beautiful orange- 
yellow butterfly streaked with black ap¬ 
peared. From wing to wing it was about 
four inches wide. There are three parts 
to the body: the head, chest and abdo¬ 
men. The proboscis is used to suck its 
food. When they do not use the pro¬ 
boscis it is curled up like a watch spring. 
The first time I noticed it, I thought it 
had onlv four legs but afterwards I 
noticed it had six, so it is a true insect. 
Reubia Kuethe. 
Mauston, Wis. 
Dear Wayside: 
This spring I have seen a great many 
birds. I am going to tell you about a 
robin who lives near my house in a tree. 
The first time I saw him he was in front 
of our house. He was trying to get a 
worm out of the ground. It came out 
so suddenly that he nearly went over 
onto his back. Then he flew back to his 
nest. I watched him and saw where he 
went. Yesterdav at noon I saw a little 
robin in the road. He was one of the 
young robins that were in the nest. To¬ 
day he could fly alright and was getting 
his dinner. A few weeks ago I saw a 
rose-breasted grosbeak. It was all black 
and white except on his breast where it 
was red. I have seen a great many Bal¬ 
timore orioles this spring. The first one 
I saw was when I was out on the lawn 
reading. It flew on the fence. I could 
see him very plainly but he could not 
see me at all. He was colored black and 
yellow. 
Yours trulv, 
Wesley Jones. 
{Continued from page 27) 
herons and snowy herons. Perhaps the 
laughing gulls are the most numerous 
birds breeding on these islands, known 
as the Breton Island reservation, but 
there are also royal and Cabot’s terns in 
extraordinarv numbers. Another bird 
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very numerous is the black skimmer, 
which breeds in small colonies on the 
sand beaches of the outer keyes; also 
there are some brown pelicans and frig¬ 
ate birds known also as “man-o’-war” 
birds. 
Protected from man as these various 
species are, they are still always in dan¬ 
ger from the elements and from natural 
enemies. Not seldom high tides or ter¬ 
rible storms sweep over many of the 
nesting grounds of the colonies and de¬ 
stroy eggs and young; and on some of the 
islands the racoons eat the eggs. Efforts 
have been made to destroy these last 
named vermin, but without complete 
success. 
The work done bv the Louisiana Audu¬ 
bon Society on this Breton Island reser¬ 
vation is one which is greatly to its credit. 
Always it has the backing of the National 
Association of Audubon Societies, and 
the joint work of the two has accomplished 
great things.— Forest and Stream. 
{Continued from page 28) 
The nest is beautifully arched. One 
might almost call it a blind tunnel. 
Perhaps that is why the too careful 
mother was caught. 
It was built just in front of a thick 
clump of tall grass, some of which was 
bent over and mixed with other grass 
and weeds to form the top. Almost di¬ 
rectly in front of the nest was a thick 
bush which had to be held aside while 
my brother took the picture. It will al¬ 
ways be one of great interest to us both. 
—Emma van Gilluwe, in Bird Lore. 
