VI CONTENTS. 



MoTHS AND BUTTERFLIES, OK LllPIDOFTKXA .... 58 



DhAGON FLIES, ETC., OK NEUKOPTERA .60 



BEE.-, WASPS, ETC., ou HYMENOPTERA 61 



FLIES, MosgurroEs, ETC., OK DIPTERA . ... 61 



CHAPTER IV. 



COLLECTING AND PRESERVING FISHES AND REPTILES. 



SiCT. 



I. FISHES . . 63 



II. REPTILES 64 



CHAPTER V. 



MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS. 

 SECT. 



1. CRUSTACEA . .69 



COLLECTING MOLLUSKS 69 



PRESERVING SHELLS 70 



WORMS, ANIMAL PARASITES, JELLY-FISHES . . . 71 

 CORALS, SEA-ANEMONES, HYDROIDS AND BRYO/OA, STAR- 

 FISHES, SEA-URCHINS, HOLOTIIURIAS, OR SEA-CUCUMBERS, 



SPONGES AND SEA-WEEDS 72 



II. PREPARING SKELETONS 73 



MOUNTING SKELETONS 73 



CHAPTER VI. 



COLLKCTIWO 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 



