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Title: British Butterflies
Figures and Descriptions of Every Native Species

Author: W. S. Coleman

Illustrator: Edmund Evans

Release Date: October 11, 2010 [EBook #33852]

Language: English

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COLEMAN'S BRITISH BUTTERFLIES.

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BRITISH BUTTERFLIES

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FIGURES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF

EVERY NATIVE SPECIES

WITH AN ACCOUNT OF

BUTTERFLY DEVELOPMENT, STRUCTURE, HABITS, LOCALITIES,

MODE OF CAPTURE, AND PRESERVATION

BY W. S. COLEMAN

AUTHOR OF "OUR WOODLANDS, HEATHS, AND HEDGES"

_WITH ILLUSTRATIONS_

PRINTED IN COLOURS BY EDMUND EVANS

LONDON

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UNIFORM WITH THIS VOLUME,

WITH COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS.

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COMMON OBJECTS OF THE SEA-SHORE.
By the Rev. J. G. WOOD.

COMMON OBJECTS OF THE COUNTRY.
By the Rev. J. G. WOOD.

OUR WOODLANDS, HEATHS, and HEDGES.
By W. S. COLEMAN.

BRITISH BIRDS, EGGS, AND NESTS. By
the Rev. J. C. ATKINSON.

COMMON BRITISH MOTHS. By the Rev.
J. G. WOOD.

COMMON BRITISH BEETLES. By the Rev.
J. G. WOOD.

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PREFACE.

A desire to extend the knowledge of, and by so doing to extend the love
for, those sunny creatures called Butterflies, has prompted the author to
undertake this little work, which, though making no pretence to a
technically scientific character, will, it is hoped, be found sufficiently
complete and accurate to supply all information needful to the young
entomologist as to the names, appear