FIELD WORK. II 



of this excursion is to find out about the animal life of 

 the locality, and to find subjects and problems interesting 

 enough to be worth the while of the class to study during 

 the year. Every pupil should be encouraged to raise 

 every question that he wishes to raise, and to make what- 

 ever suggestions occur to him as to methods of answering 

 his own questions. It is not the purpose of the excursion 

 to allay curiosity, but to multiply it and give it direction. 



13. One of the first practical questions which confronts 

 the pupil is also one of educational interest: "Where 

 shall we look for animals?" This is a question in animal 

 ecology. Why? 



In a general way, to mention the following types of 

 regions will suggest to the student how he must go about 

 his task : among the grasses and low r growths of meadows ; 

 in hedge-rows and about fences; under logs and stones; 

 in decaying wood; in the trees and on the bark and 

 leaves ; about flowers and fruits ; among the fallen leaves of 

 forest tracts; in pond and among the sedges and grasses 

 at their edge ; in brooks and rivers, shallows and depths ; in 

 the soil; in cellars, and other places about our own homes. 



14. Some added matters to be watched for and made 

 note of. 



1. The general character of your territory. What 

 variation is there of water, land, meadow, marsh, high- 

 land, etc.? 



2. In which of these types of surroundings does each 

 of your animal types live? To what extent may it vary 

 its place of life? 



3. Anything you discover as to its relations to other 

 animals; or to plants. 



