INDEX 



Toads, 347-352, 368-373; 

 American, 368-370, 384; 

 burrowing, 371-373; col- 

 lecting, 35; Fowler's, 369, 

 370-371 ; hermit spadefoot, 

 371-373; spadefoot, 371- 

 373; tree, 373-375- 3^6 



Tools, collecting, 26-30 



Torre-Bueno, J. R. de la, 233 



Trembley, Abbe Abraham, 

 116 



Tricznodes, 95, 192, 255-257, 

 276 



Trichoptera (caddis flies) , 179, 

 190, 247-257; Hydroptili- 

 dcB, 249 ; Hydropsychidce, 

 251-253; LeptoceridcB, 254- 

 255; LimnophilidcB, 256; 

 MolannidcB, 254; Odonto- 

 ceridcB, 255; PhilopotamidcB, 

 253; PhryganeidcB, 253-254; 

 RhyacopkilidcB, 249-251; 

 SericostomatidcB, 256-257 



Triclada, 124, 125 



Tricorythus, 33, 185, 187, 210 



TrionychidcB (soft-shelled tur- 

 tles), 402-404 



Triturus, 36; viridescens, 351, 



353-357 

 Tnvolvis parvus, 312 



Tropisternus, 277; lateralis, 

 277 



Trout, 152, 286, 329, 330-331 ; 

 brook, 303, 334; "Dolly 

 Varden", 330; lake, 334; 

 Rangley Lake, 330 



Tube worms, 144 



TubicidcB (bloodworms), 144 



Tubifex, 16, 33, 144, 145, 146, 

 147, 292 



Turbellarians, 1 19-126; aqua- 

 rium study, 122-124; food, 

 122; form and habits, 119- 

 121, habitat, 121-122; iden- 

 tification, 124-126 



Turtles, 3, 33, 119, 154, 156; 

 as food, 17; box, 393-397; 

 breeding habits, 390; col- 

 lecting of, 28. 31, 35; food, 

 302, 390; habitat, 390; life 

 history, 391 ; mud, 394-397; 

 musk, 393-394. 396; 



painted, 264, 397-399, 400 

 pond, 324; pond and land 

 397-402 ; preserving of, 1 1 

 sculptured, 399-402; snap 

 ping, 391-393; soft shelled 

 402-404 ; spiny soft-shelled 

 402-404; spotted, 31, 398 

 39^, 400; turtle leech, 154 

 wood, 399-402 



Typha angustifclia, 70; lati 

 folia, 68-70 



TyphacecB (cat-tails), 68-70 



Unio complanatus, see Ellip- 



tio complanatus 

 UnionidcB (pearly mussels) 



320-321 

 Utricularia, 15, 52, 164, 167; 



vulgaris, 100-103 



Vallisneria, 39; spiralis, 80- 



82 

 Valvata, 302; tricarinata, 314 

 ValvatidcB, 315 

 VeliidcB (broad-shouldered 



water striders), 228, 229- 



230 

 Venus' flower basket, 104 

 "Vermilion spotted newts", 



355 



Vials, for specimen storage, 



41-42 

 Vivaria, 40 



Vivipara contectoides, 315 

 ViviparidcE, 315 

 Volvox, 49, 50 

 Vorticella, 46, 52, 56-57f 136 



Ward and Whipple, 1 1 1 

 Water, and living things, 7; 

 density of, gives support, 

 8; environment, 7-8; food 

 content, 9-10; light in, 10; 

 poor conductor of heat, 8; 

 temperature of, 8-9 ; trans- 

 porting agent, 8 

 "Water-bloom", 48 

 Water boatmen, 227, 239-240 

 Water bugs, 11-12, 179, 188, 

 189, 225-240; aquarium 

 study, 226-227; associates, 

 226; backswimmers, 36, 



447 



