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East Lexington, Mass.
1901
Sept. 26
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wings overlap and lie flat on the back. The
outside edge of each wing or wing-cover, is deflexed.
The surface of each wing at the base is slightly
convex and furnished with strong veins. When
the wings are elevated they are opened a little,
the bases still overlapping. Then by a rapid
vibration of these wing-covers, the bases are
rubbed together being intermittent, the result is the
separate chirps or trills. A gentle rubbing
of the wings produces a soft sound quite unlike
the ordinary one.

Gyrllus fighting
The crickets are very aggresive, attacking
each other constantly and fighting with their
strong mandibles. I saw one sieze and
pull off the hind leg of another. The
victim did not seem to mind the opera-
tion a bit, but he hops about with the
remaining leg easily. I have the crickets
in a large bowl. They cannot crawl out
and I can watch them freely. They
have been eating greedily bit of apple that I
cut up and gave them.

Before we left the Meadows the sun set
and the golden light was very beautiful. Light
fleecy cirrus clouds were dappled over the sky in
exquisite shapes, not a breath of air was stirring.
The button bushes covering the swamps were turning
a golden yellow and back of all hung the full
moon, making as it were another day.