Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 650
undant even in the mostthickly populated portionsof our large cities. Theyhave been seen in largenumbers flying at sea fivehundred miles from land,and are to be found onmany islands. The Monarch is dis-tasteful to birds, and thisprotection is the cause of anme what was the cause of so many of them… … FIG. I. THE FAMOUS MONARCH OR MILKWEED BUTTERFLY. (Migrates in large flocks. Is distasteful to birds.) Very truly yours, Damon E. Cummings (age 16). The excellent drawing and descriptionshow that this is our most abundant, wide-spread, and famous butterfly, and hence ap-propriately called the…
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