RMPFYH4T–. The hunter-naturalist. : Romance of sporting; or, Wild scenes and wild hunters. Natural history; Hunting; Hunting. CHAPTER XVII. THE DARKIB FIDDLER AND TDE .OLVLJ. Poor Dan Henrie's adventure with the wolves has reminded me of one or two other incidents sufficiently characteristic of the habits of that remarkable animal to be worthy of relation here, by way of interlude. The wolf, besides being the most ubiquitous of our predatory animals, is the most active, tenacious and difficult of extirpation. It is everywhere. It fills-in the chinks of desolation. Its savage, grinning head peers throu
RMPFXE94–. Insects injurious to fruits. Illustrated with four hundred and forty wood-cuts. Insect pests. ATTACKING THE LEAVES. 57 while some of the insect-feeding birds devour them greedily, especially the black-billed cuckoo. There are several species of predaceous insects belonging to the Carabidw, or ground- beetles, which are very active in their habits, and diligently hunt for them and eat them, notably the Green Caterpillar- hunter, Calosoma scrutator (Fabr.) (Fig. 47), and the Copper- spotted Calosoma, Calosoma calidum (Fabr.) (Fig. 48). They are sometimes destroyed in great numbers by a fungoid
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