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as the boys call them, the "smellers" of the butterfly. Now select a piece of yellow or blue tissue paper, place your frame over it, cut and paste as directed in the description of the man kite. When the kite is dry, with black paint make some marking upon the wings similar to those shown in the illustration, Fig. 14; or, better still, cut out some pieces of dark colored paper in the form of these markings and paste them on, of course taking care to have one wing like the other (Fig. 14), as in nature.

The King Crab Kite.
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Fig. 15.Frame of King Crab.
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Fig. 16.King Crab Kite.

The king, or "horse shoe crab," is familiar to all boys who live upon the coast or spend their summer vacation at the sea-

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