INDEX OF SUBJECTS 



361 



Maps: evaporation, 50; frontispiece, ii; 

 guide, (facing) 52; list of, 48; vegeta- 

 tion, 51. 



Marsh communities, 169-73. 



Marten, pine, 196. 



Materials for abode, of land animals, 

 157. 



May-flies, 65, 170. 



May-flies or Ephemerida, scientific names: 



— Baetis, 93. 



— Caenis, 114, 123, 155. 



—Callibaetis, 104, 123, 130, 135, 155. 



— Chirotenetes siccus, 117. 



— Ephemerella excrucians, 135. 



— Ephemeridae, 78. 



— Heptagenia, 93, 118. 



— Heptageninae, 96, 105, 114. 



— Hexagenia, 39, 103, 107, 117, 123. 



— Siphlurus, 96, 142, 155: 

 alternatus, 98, 116. 



May-fly nymphs, 88. 



Metallic wood-borers, 191. 



Methane, 59, 60. 



Midge larvae: 69, 80, 129, 130; an- 

 aerobic, 133. See Fly larvae. 



Midges, 170. 



Miller's thumb, 126. 



Mimicry, 25. 



Mineral matter: excessive in springs 

 93; necessary to life, 58. 



Mink, 15, 171, 191. 



Minnow: blackfin, 119, 120; black- 

 head, 115; blunt-nosed, 79, 84, 115, 

 119, 120, 126; Cayuga, 115, 119, 140; 

 mud, 65, 84, 119, 120, 143, 149, 156; 

 ruby faced, 119; shiner, 84; straw- 

 colored, 79, 84, 126, 127, 135; sucker- 

 mouthed, 119. 



Mites, aquatic, egg-laying of, 129. 



Mites, aquatic, scientific names: 



— Hydrachna, 177, 185. 



— Limnochares aquations, 130, 144. 



Mites, terrestrial, scientific names: 



— Trombidium, 190: 

 sericeum, 207. 



Moisture: equivalent of soil, 158; re- 

 lation to wilting coefficient, 158. 



Mole cricket, 181. 



Moles: 167, 238; star-nosed, 282. 



Mollusca, 80, 106, 144. See Snails; 

 Mussels; Sphaeridae. 



Moon, influence of, on plankton, 67. 



Moon-eye, 85. 



Mores, defined, 32. 



Mosquito: eaten by fishes, 132; fringe- 

 legged, 174; marsh, 174, 176; smoky, 

 178, 180. 

 Mosquitoes, scientific names: 

 — Aedes fusca, 178. 

 —Anopheles, 114: 



punctipennis , 176. 

 — Culex canadensis, 193, 206. 

 — Culicidae, 185, 191. 

 — Wyeomyia smithii, 193, 204. 

 Mourning dove, 269, 274, 275. 

 Mouse: Cooper's lemming, 195; deer, 

 167; field, 167, 289; food of marten, 

 196, of skunk, 269, of shrews, 269; 

 meadow, 282; white-footed wood, 

 201, 237; jumping, 269, 274. 

 Mud puppy, 130. 

 Muskrat, 14, 130, 156, 140, 143, 151, 



171. 

 Mussels: 70; stunted on humus, 129. 

 Mussels, scientific names: 

 — Alasmidonta calceola, 99, 100, 116, 121. 

 — Anodonta: 



grandis, 83, 103, 104, 126, 153. 



grandis footiana, 143, 153. 



marginata, 83, 126, 135, 140, 153. 

 — Anodontoides: 



ferussacianus, 39, 99, 100, 108, 117, 



127. 



ferussacianus subcylindraceus , 100. 

 — Lampsilis: 



ellipsiformis , 117, 121. 



iris, 117. 



ligamentina, 99, 117, 123. 



luteola, 99, 103, 117, 121, 122, 123, 



126, 129, 135, 140, 153. 



ventricosa, 99, 117, 122. 

 — Quadrula: 



rubiginosa, 103, 117, 122, 123. 



undulata, 103, 117, 121, 122, 123. 

 -TJnio gibbosus, 103, 117, 122, 123. 

 — Unionidae, 146, 153 

 • — Symphynota: 



complanata, 122. 



costata, 122. 



Myriopods, viii, 215. 



Myriopoda, scientific names: 



— Fontaria corrugate, 215, 236, 237, 243, 



253, 254. 

 — Geophilus, 200, 254. 



rubens, 217, 239, 243, 253. 

 — Lithobius, 187, 191, 234, 239, 254. 

 — Lysiopetalum lactarium, 217, 239, 253 



254. 

 — Polydesmidae, 215. 

 — Polydesmus, 191, 205, 206, 234. 

 ■ — Scytonotus granulatus, 206. 



