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these should also be done. Elementary facts of life 

 histories explained. 



Classification of the regions for storing reserves in 

 plants: tubers, roots, bulbs, rhizomes, etc. Clear recog- 

 nition of the true nature of the organ in each case. 



II. ANIMAL STUDIES: 



Examples appropriate to autumn are animals which 

 harvest and store Squirrels, Foxes, Field Mice, Eats, 

 Voles, Bees (Hive), Ants, etc. 



Migration of Birds : Keview of the facts known, with 

 classification of Birds (quoting as many instances as 

 possible of each kind) into residents, summer visitors, 

 winter visitors, birds of passage, stray visitors. 



Slugs, spiders, and other small animals which may be 

 available. Study of structure and general habits. 



Craneflies are in evidence at this season their general 

 structure should be gone over and questions asked as to 

 the meaning of their remarkable form. Eeview also their 

 life history. 



House flies may be captured, and if suitable conditions 

 can be arranged for their preservation, these would form 

 an interesting autumn study. It has recently been shown 

 that these flies may be got to hatch out even in winter. 

 See Local Government Board Report* for details of the 

 experiments, which are not beyond the powers of an 

 enthusiastic teacher. Such a study of course is easily 

 performed in summer, but it may well be deferred to the 

 autumn when less material is available. 



Insects generally are scarcer, but winter pupae, e.g. of 

 cabbage butterfly, may be collected, drawn, and set aside 

 for hatching in the following year. These might be kept 

 under various conditions as to light and heat and the 

 effect noted in the times of hatching and possibly in the 

 colouration or markings. 



* Report to the Local Government Board on Public Health and 

 Medical Subjects (New Series, No. 5, 1909), price 2d. 



