vi CONTENTS. 



Moths and Buttekflies, or Lepidoptera . . . . 58 



Deagos-flies, etc., ok Neukoptera 60 



Bees, Wasps, etc., or Hymexoptera 61 



Flies, Mosquitoes, etc., or Diptera 61 



CHAPTER lY. 



COLLECTrN-G AND PRESERVING FISHES AND REPTILES. 

 SlCT. 



I. Fishes 63 



II. Reptiles "64 



CHAPTER V. 



miscellaneous collections. 

 Skt. 



I. Crustacea 69 



Collecting Mollusks 69 



Preserving Shells 70 



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

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

 Fishes, SEA-rRCIIINS, HOLOTHURIAS, OR Se.\-CuCUMBERS, 



Sponges and Sea-weeds 72 



n. 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 



Lndex . . . . ■ 169 



