TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



I. INTRODUCTION 11 



HINTS FOR PREPARING SKELETONS 14 



II. THE VERTEBRATES. 



1. SUBKINGDOM VERTEBRATES 15 



THE MAMMALS 16 



THE BIRDS ..110 



MIGRATIONS OF BIRDS 162 



HINTS FOR PRESERVING SKINS OF MAMMALS AND BIRDS. 163 



THE REPTILES * 165 



THE AMPHIBIANS 179 



THE FISHES 184 



HOMOLOGIES AND ANALOGIES OF THE VERTEBRATES 199 



HINTS FOR STUDYING REPTILES, AMPHIBIANS AND FlSHES. 202 



III. THE INVERTEBRATES. 



2. SUBKINGDOM ARTICULATES ....*... 203 



THE INSECTS ^ 204 



HINTS FOR COLLECTING INSECTS .,<..... i 224 



THE MYRIAPODS .;..**...,......,.. 225 



THE SPIDERS ..../..,... . . , ,,*......,. 226 



THE CRUSTACEANS ...*........,,,., , r .*.....<..... 229 

 THE WORMS. . . 235 



