The Lost Species by Christopher Kemp

Author:Christopher Kemp [Kemp, Christopher]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-226-38635-5
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2017-09-12T16:00:00+00:00

Of all the flies which adorn or diversify the face of Nature, these are the most various and the most beautiful; they are of all colours, green, blue, crimson, scarlet, white; some unite a variety of the most vivid tints, and exhibit in one animal more different shades than are to be found in the rainbow. They are called, in different parts of the kingdom, by different names; but none can be at a loss to know them, as they are distinguished from all other flies, by the length of their bodies, by the largeness of their eyes, and the beautiful transparency of their wings, which are four in number. They are seen in summer flying with great rapidity near every hedge, and by every running brook; they sometimes settle on the leaves of plants, and sometimes keep for hours together on the wing.

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