Index 



[445 



HAIL, 430 

 Halley's comet, 420 

 Hamsters, 110 

 Hares, 100 

 Hawks, 62-64 

 Hemlock trees, 367 

 Hepaticas, 318 

 Hibernation 



bears, 112 



butterflies, 242 



lady bugs, 251 



snakes, 196 



turtles, 217 

 Hippopotamus, 121 

 Hognose snake, 207 

 Homing pigeon, 75 

 Honeycombs, how made, 263 

 Horse-chesnut trees, 362-364 

 Horses, 151-155 

 Hummingbird, 45, 57 

 Hummingbird moth, 305 

 Hurricanes, 435 

 Hydroids, 189 



INSECTS, POLLINATION BY. 296 



Insects, study of, 233-238 

 Interferometer, 418 

 Irises, 306 



JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT, 320 



Jays, 54 

 Jupiter, 395 



KANGAROO, 131 



Katydids, 257 



Kingsnake, 208 



Knots and knotholes, formation of, 343 



Koala, 132 



LADYBUG, 250 



Leaf prints, how to make, 376, 377 



Leaves of the tree, 342, 343 



Leaving the nest, 48 



Leo, the Lion, constellation, 415, 416 



Libra, 41 6 



Lightning, 431 -433 



Lions, 123 



Little Bear constellation, 413 



Little Dipper, 413 



Little Dog constellation, 415 



Lizards, 219 



Lobsters, 193 

 Lynxes, 113 



MAGNOLIA TREES, 372 

 Maidenhair trees, 364 

 Mammal maps, 135 

 Mammals, 83-86 



chart of, how to keep, 94-96 

 winter living, 96, 97 

 Man in the moon, 400 

 Manx, 151 



Maple trees, 348-350 

 Marmot, 107 

 Mars, 388-390 

 Meadow larks, 57 

 Mercury, 390 

 Mermaids, 186 

 Metamorphosis of the insect, 235 



dragonfly, 269 

 Meteors, 420 

 Mice, 101 

 Migration 

 birds, 32-36 

 butterflies, 242 

 eels, 179 

 fish, 171 

 geese, 74 

 swans, 74 

 Milk 



cows', how produced, 157 

 goats', 160 

 Milk snake, 208 

 Milkweed, 327 

 Milky Way, 418, 419 

 Millipedes, 285 

 Mirages, 422 

 Mockingbirds, 60 

 Moles, 105, 106 

 Mollusks, 190-193 

 Molting process 

 birds, 26, 27 

 snakes* 198 

 Monkeys, 116-117 

 Moon, 399-403 



rings, 425 



Moons on Jupiter, 396 

 Mosquitoes, 268, 269 

 Mosses, 335 

 Moths, 242 

 collecting, 245 

 how to catch, 247 

 mounting, 248 

 Mountain laurel, 374 

 Mounting plants, 333 

 Mules, 155 

 Mushrooms, 333 

 Muskrats, 104 



