1126 Marvels of the Universe 
Photo by] = (W218. Berridge: IZ.S. 
WHITE _ IBIS. 
Structurally identical with the Scarlet Ibis and only distinguished by the different 
colour of the plumage. 
of colouring by the bare 
space round the eye, and 
by the legs and feet. 
THE DADDY- 
LONG-LEGS, OR 
CRANE FLY 
IBS 85 Nfo SIBUMUA, IIR IMS. 
It is more than probable 
that everyone has seen 
a Daddy-long-legs, but 
although so commonly 
met with, comparatively 
few may be aware of 
the terrible devastation 
brought about in certain 
years by its grubs, often 
called “ leather - jackets ” 
from the toughness of their 
skins. Whole pastures 
have been literally eaten up by them, and almost permanently destroyed in some instances, for, be 
it understood, the larve not only ruin the crops of grass during years of bad infestation, but what 
is so much more serious, they materially injure and sometimes utterly destroy the roots. Well for 
the farmer whose pastures are affected if he allows the rook and the starling to patrol his fields 
Photo by] [W.S. Lerridge, 
GLOSSY IBIS. 
A common bird in Southern Europe, and formerly in Britain, where it was known as 
the Liver. It is supposed to have given its name to Liverpool and several other places 
where it had its haunts. 
without being driven off 
by gun or crow-clapper. 
These birds can at least 
alleviate his trouble by 
destroying large numbers 
of the “ leather-jackets.” 
Space forbids further 
reference to antecedents, so 
the remarks that follow 
are limited for the most 
part to the peculiar habits 
and construction of the 
little insect itself. 
The Daddy-long-legs is 
a member of that order of 
insects known as Diptera, 
from their possessing only 
a single pair of wings, 
whereas the members of 
all other orders have two 
pairs. In explanation of 
this departure from the 
rule in insect structure, it 
