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Among the moths and butterflies : a revised and enlarged edition of "Insect lives ; or, Born in prison" (1891)

Ballard, Julia P. (Julia Perkins) · New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons · leaf 108

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ill most of the time,but when he does use his wings they quiverand thrill and shake so fast that it is almostimpossible to see them. The Choerocampaswhich I have had have been those only fromthe honeysuckle or kindred vines, but he issadly complained of as a grape-robber, eatingthe leaves to the… … XII. THE UNFINISHED LIFE OF QUAKER GRAY. I HAD a little Quaker, dressedIn starry robe of gray,With silken tufts of black and whiteCompleting his array. His home was on a Quaker leaf, A poplar, silver-lined ;On this he lived, from this he ate, Beneath my glass confined. If frightened, he would drop…

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