CHAPTER IV.
BUTTERFLIES IN THE CABINET—HOW TO CATCH THEM—APPARATUS—GOING OUT—WEATHER—LOCALITIES—LOCAL BUTTERFLIES—INCOGNITOS—FIELD WORK—FAVOURITE STATIONS—BEWARE OF THE BRAMBLE.
The mention of butterflies "in the cabinet" leads at once to the question, how to get them there; or, in other words, How to catch a Butterfly.
This is a question often less difficult to answer in words than in action, for many of our butterflies are gifted not only with strong prejudices against the inside of a net, but with very strong powers of escaping from that unpleasant situation. Still, by aid of proper apparatus, a sure eye and hand, and often, of a good pair of legs, there is no butterfly, however fleet and wary, that we may not feel ourselves a tolerable match for.
Firstly, then, as to the out-door apparatus required.
This is simple enough, a net and pocket-boxes, with a few pins, being the only essentials.[[6]]
Variously constructed nets are used, according to fancy, but the choice may lie between two chief forms: the Clap-net and the Ring-net.
