eir way upward; "he seemed such a quaint, old-fashioned
little chap."

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BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

About the 1st of August I found some big worms crawling on an
ailantus-tree in our yard. They were about two and a half inches
long, of a pale green color, with white humps all over them, and
beautiful blue spots on their heads. Mamma caught them for me, and
we put them on a board with some ailantus leaves, and turned a
large wire sieve over them. Every morning I gave them fresh leaves
to eat, and in two or three days they began to spin themselves
into cocoons. Some rolled themselves up in the leaves, while
others clung to the side of the sieve, covering themselves at
first with a thin white film, through which we could see the worm
for half a day working himself back and forth. Then the film grew
so thick we could not see the worm any more. When they had all
formed cocoons mamma stood them away in a quiet place where
nothing could injure them, and I went every morning to see if
anything had come out of the cocoons. About three weeks passed,
when one morning I found three magnificent moths clinging to the
sieve. Mamma put ether on their heads, and they never moved again.
She fastened them in a box for me, and arranged the wings, and
they are just as beautiful as they can be. They spread about four
inches. The color is reddish-brown, and across the middle of the
wings there is a whitish line shading off into a clay-colored
border. In the centre of each wing there is a long reddish-white
spot, and on the tip of each fore-wing is a dark bluish eye. On
the head are delicate feathered antennae. Mamma found a picture of
the moth in a book. We are sure it belongs to the genus _Attacus_,
and we think it is the kind called _Attacus promethia_.

SARAH W. N.

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EDNA, MINNESOTA.

About a month ago a man caught a young whooping-crane, which I
bought of him. It is now so tame that it will eat out of my hand,
and come in the house and eat from the table, or drink out of the
water pail. I keep him tied out back of the house by a string
about two rods long, so that he can walk around. He is not a very
small bird, if he is young. His neck is about