Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 366
these caterpillars in a tray in which he wasaccustomed to place seed for birds. Soon. a littleflock of sparrows and other small birds assembledto feed as usual. One of them lit on the edge ofthis tray, and was just going to hop in, when shespied the caterpillar. Immediately she began bobbingher… … Fig. 10, — Tub Caterpillar of the Small Elephant Hawk-moth{Cfwerocampa porcellus). the tray; while one bird, which lit in it unsuspectingly,beat a hasty retreat in evident alarm, as soon as sheperceived the caterpillar. After watching for sometime, Weissmann removed it, when the birds soonattacked…
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