12 ELEMENTARY ZOOLOGY. 



4. Its powers, activities, instincts, and habits, so far 

 as they are not outlined above. 



5. In what general or special ways does it seem to be 

 well or poorly adapted to its surroundings in structure, 

 in form, size, color, etc.? 



Make the excursion a beginning study in the local 

 distribution of animals. What kinds of animals are 

 found in the various kinds of territory? In what various 

 ways are these various forms more suited to this than 

 to some other kind of region? What seem some of the 

 most ready reasons why they are found where they are? 

 Do you think that these early answers fully answer the 

 questions? What is still left to be determined? Have 

 you found any animals that are of any special importance 

 to man? Are all of these domestic animals? Are any 

 injurious to man's interests? 



The student should keep his mind full of questions 

 like these not for immediate solution, but as a back- 

 ground for numerous and continued studies. Make a 

 list of all the questions that have arisen in your mind 

 during the excursion. There is no other class of questions 

 so likely to cause you to want to visit the fields again. 

 What do you consider as the most interesting fact or 

 problem that has come to your attention? 



15. The Preservation and Identification of Material. 

 It will soon appear to any student that he must know 

 more about the animals themselves before he can intelli- 

 gently answer the questions he has asked. It will prob- 

 ably be necessary to use the combined experience of the 

 class, in classifying even approximately the animals 

 found on the trip. The term "worm" or "bug" will 

 probably be made to cover everything except 'the verte- 



