INDEX OF SUBJECTS 
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. 
—Caeniss 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, tor. 
Methane, 59, 60. 
Midge larvae: 
aerobic, 133. 
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, 
IIg, 120, 126; Cayuga, 115, I19, 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 aquaticus, 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. 
69, 80, 129, 130; an- 
See Fly larvae. 
359 
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. 
—W yeomyia 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, 
uy fie 
Mussels: 70; stunted on humus, 129. 
Mussels, scientific names: 
Alasmidonta calceola, 99, 100, 116, 121. 
—Anodonta: ; 
grandis, 83, 103, 104, 126, 153. 
grandis fooliana, 143, 153. 
marginata, 83, 126, 135, 140, 153. 
—Anodontoides: 
ferussacianus, 39, 99, 100, 108, 117, 
To 
ferussacianus subcylindraceus, too. 
—Lampsilis: 
ellipsiformis, 117, 121. 
Wis, IL7. 
ligamentina, 99, 117, 123. 
luteola, 99, 103, I17, 121, 122, 123, 
126, 129, 135, 140, 153. 
ventricosd, 99, 117, 122. 
—Quadrula: 
rubiginosa, 103, 117, 122, 123. 
undulata, 103, 117, 121, 122, 123: 
—Unio gibbosus, 103, 117, 122, 123. 
—Unionidae, 146, 153. 
—Symphynota: 
complanata, 122. 
costata, 122. 
Myriopods, viii, 215. 
M yriopoda, scientific names: 
—Fontaria corrugate, 215, 236, 237, 243, 
_ 253, 254- : 
—Geophilus, 200, 254. 
rubens, 217, 239, 243, 253- 
—Lithobius, 187, 1901, 234, 230, 254. 
—Lysiopetalum lactarium, 217, 239, 253 
254. 
—Polydesmidae, 215. 
—Polydesmus, 191, 205, 206, 234. 
—Scytonotus granulatus, 206. 
