CONTENTS. O 



limits— Refuse from stables should be removed daily — Po- 

 lice — Sanitary regulations 84-93 



One Wokd for the Birds. — Insectivorous birds should be pro- 

 tected by law — Wholesale and criminal destruction of birds 

 has made them so rare that an observation of their habits 

 is an impossibility 94-95 



Conclusions. — A proper enforcement of sanitary laws, and a 

 passage of a proper law for the protection of birds afford 

 the best solution 95 



THE DESTRUCTION OF THE :M0SQUIT0. 

 By Wm. Beutenmuller. 



Prefatory Note. — Omits the house fly from discussion^ 

 Original observations — The distress caused by the mos- 

 quito — Vitality lessened — Sick made sicker — Vexations of 

 the heated term made more exasperating — Valuable dis- 

 tricts depopulated — General statements from a scientific 

 standpoint — Origin of the name — North America produces 

 more than tliirty varieties — Four distinct broods — Two 

 broods in the Arctic i-egion — Mature mosquito lives about 

 a week — A few individuals of the last brood hibernate — 

 Mouth of the mosquito— Poison glands — Proboscis furnish- 

 ed with surgical instruments— Source of the poison ob- 

 scure— Macloskie's discoveries 99-107 



Life History and Development op the Mosquito. — Egg 

 i-aft — Breathing — Swimming — Series of moults — Food — 

 Pupa — Emergence— Dr. Findlay believes that mosquitoes 

 disseminate yellow fever — Observations in Egypt and In- 

 dia — Learned discussion— Malarial germs — Problem of di- 

 minishing the past— Remedy must not be worse than the 

 scourge — Communities and local governments should join 

 with individuals in the crusade 107-113 



Natural Remedies. — Dragon flies — An automatic machine — 

 ^lethod adopted by Nature — ^"oracity — Experience at Fort 

 Snelling — Observations at Sandy Hook and Japan— Diffi- 

 culties of rearing dragon flies— IMutual depredations and 

 injury 113-117 



Fish and Waterfowl. — As destroyers of mosquito larvpe of 

 considerable importance among natural remedies — Mr. 

 Rijederer of New York found hundreds of mosquitoes in 

 the stomach of a fish — Aquatic birds — Management of 

 such fowl c^n be made simple and prolitaljle— Fisli can be 



