Excerpt from How to Know the Butterflies: A Manual of the Butterflies of the Eastern United States There are many students of Nature who know the more common birds and flowers; but our experience as teachers has convinced us that there are comparatively few that know the com mon butterflies. This fact seems remarkable when we consider the abundance of butterflies and their attractive features; and it can not be due to an unwillingness on the part of students to study these creatures. The reason for this condi tion must be a lack of suitable aids to beginners in this study. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.