[June]
June First
One night last summer, a moth laid a circular cluster of eggs at the end of a limb. Not many days ago the eggs hatched and the caterpillars have begun to spin a silk tent in the crotch of several branches. Every time these tent caterpillars (for that is their name) go out to feed upon the leaves, they spin a thread by which they find their way home. After they have eaten their fill, they will drop to the ground to seek a hiding-place and there turn into moths.
June Second
The fertile fronds of the cinnamon fern break ground before the sterile ones come up. They appear to shoot from the centre of the crown-shaped cluster, and are light cinnamon color when mature. By the last of June the fertile fronds have withered, leaving only the sterile ones which the amateur is quite sure to confuse with the interrupted fern.
June Third
While driving in the country your attention is often drawn to the swallows that are flying about the barns. Two species are common, one has two long tail feathers that fork. This is the barn swallow, and his mate builds her nest inside the barn, on a rafter or against the planking. It is always open on top and lined with soft material.
BARN SWALLOW.