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The Plain Silver-spot Butterfly 
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\HIS is the way the under side of a 
butterfly looks. See how the hind 
wings overlap the fore wings. This 
silver-spot butterfly is called plain because 
his spots are not silver at all, but just buff 
color. Yet in other ways he is like the sil¬ 
ver-spot butterflies, so he goes by that name. 
Where the wings join the body he is brown 
or grayish black. Except for that, the fore 
wings are a deep, clear cinnamon-brown but for the upper tips, which are 
buff. The hind wings are reddish brown, with the border clear buff. 
The Blue Jay 
D ID you see that broad band of deep 
blue, flying amid the trees,—bluer 
than the clearest noon-day sky? 
Here he is, alighted now, and beginning his 
harsh scolding, perhaps just to drive other 
birds away so he can have this place for 
his nest. Very beautiful though he is, he 
belongs to the crow family, and his voice is 
harsh like theirs. He is one or two inches 
longer than the robin, and he has a fine crest on his head. His back, wings, 
and tail are bright blue, and his breast a dusky white. See his black collar. 
The Cal-lip-pe Silver-spot Butterfly 
Y OU will meet this butterfly very often in California, if you try to 
make his acquaintance. He is only two or three inches in size, 
with his wings fully stretched out, so you might overlook him if 
you were not careful. Near his body the 
colors of his wings are all mixed together in 
darkness. From a beautiful golden brown 
to buff are the shades. Notice the double 
row of buff spots like a rim around each 
wing. As he is a silver-spot, underneath 
you will find him a pale buff, with the spots 
large and well-silvered. You can see clearly, 
too, the very fine black lines of the veins. 
