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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 651

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black and white. Fig. 3 shows the usualcolor-pattern of the members of this family.The Viceroy is not distasteful to birds, but itresembles the distasteful Monarch so closelythat the birds are deceived, and thus it is notmolested. This is the most striking case ofbutterfly mimicry known in North… … seldom venture), owing to the backward posi-tion of the legs. There are many varietiesdistributed all over the world. The one youdescribe is the largest of the common kinds. The horned grebe is very ludicrous, owing tothe peculiar tufts or crests on its head, and theapparent absence of a tail. Many…

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