VI CONTENTS. 



Moths and Butterflies, or Lepidoptera .... 58 



Dragon-flies, etc., or Neuroptera 60 



Bees, Wasps, etc., or Hymenoptera ..... 61 



Flies, Mosquitoes, etc., or Diptera 61 



CHAPTER IT. 



COLLECTING AND PRESERVING FISHES AND REPTILES. 

 SiCT. 



I. Fishes , . .. .63 



II. Reptiles 64 



CHAPTER y. 



miscellaneous collections. 

 Skct. 



I. Crustacea 69 



Collecting Mollusks 69 



Preserving Shells 70 



Worms, Animal Parasites, Jelly-Fishes ... 71 

 Corals, Sea-Anemones, Hydroids and Bryozoa, Star- 

 Fishes, Sea-Urchins, Holothurias, or Sea-Cucumbers, 



Sponges and Sea-weeds 72 



II. Preparing Skeletons 73 



Mounting Skeletons 73 



CHAPTER VI. 



Collecting and Preserving Eggs 76 



Method of Preparing a Book for Recording the Measure- 

 ments OF Eggs 78 



PART II. 



Catalogue of the Birds of Eastern Massachusetts . . 81 



Introduction 83 



Appendix , . . . 161 



IsDEX •••••• 169 



