PREFACE ONE who proposes to add another volume to the large library
of works on Nature Study, is expected to tender an apology for his
proposal. I, there- fore, offer the following list of special
features of my little book in the hope that these will be accepted
as justifying its publication 1. It treats of those objects which
first attract the notice of a rambler trees, wild flowers, birds
eggs, beetles, grasshoppers, dragonflies, two-winged flies,
sawflies, bees, butterflies, and moths. 2. Examples of each group
have been specially and carefully selected, which are to be found
in most parts of Britain, and may be used as types of large numbers
of similar objects. 3. Each example is described as briefly as
possible, only those points being specified which are likely to aid
a beginner. A drawing in black and white has been made of each
example, and where it is desirable to do so, the figures are
arranged so that one plate gives a comprehensive view of its
subject. 5. A scale for measurement of the figures has been
furnished in those instances where size is important. 6. A list of
books, useful in further study, with the prices, has been added at
the end of each chapter. 7. Practical instructions are given for
col- lecting and preserving the objects mentioned in the book.
Throughout I have sought to impress the oft-forgotten fact, that a
naturalist is not a mere collector of specimens, but one who loves
Nature, and observes her methods and operations. I have placed in
an Introduction some graver thoughts on the subject, which might
not appeal to all readers, and were on that account less suited for
the body of the work, but which are too important to be omitted in
a book of this sort.H. H. B. TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE PREFACE
iii LIST OF OBJECTS DESCRIBED vii INDEX TO PLATES xiii INTRODUCTION
.17 I. NATURE STUDY .... .28 II. TREES. .42 III. WILD FLOWERS 61
IV. BIRDS EGGS 82 V. BEETLES, GRASSHOPPERS, ETC. ... 97 VI.
DRAGONFLIES AND TWO-WINGED FLIES . . 116 VII. SAWFLIKS AND BEES 131
VIII. BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS . IX. NOTEBOOKS AND COLLECTIONS . . .
.143 167
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