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INDEX AND GLOSSARY 



Lion, mountain, 276. 

 Lizards, 211-213. 



egg of, 293. 

 Lobster, 136, 341. 

 Locust, anatomy of, 32-34, 123. 



borer, 111. 



Carolina, 36. 



red-legged, 35. 



Rocky Mountain, 12, 35. 

 Loggerhead turtle, 224. 

 Long-eared owl, 253, 258. 

 Longicorn beetles, 111. 

 Lucanus, 111. 

 Lumbricus, 152. 

 Lung fishes, 194. 

 Lungs of salamanders, 201. 

 Lynx, 275, 276. 



Mackerel, 192, 193. 

 Madrepor'ic, 162. 

 Maggot, 47, 122. 

 Magpie, 235. 

 Malacostraca, 299. 

 Malarial parasite, 183. 

 Malaria mosquito, 41, 42. 

 Mamma/lia (L. mamma, breast), 



27, 261-292. 



Mammal, structure of, 283-292. 

 Mammoth, 335, 336. 

 Man, age of, 335. 

 Manatee, 264. 

 Mandibles, 32. 

 Man-eater, 188, 277. 

 Mantle, 145. 

 Maple borer, 89. 



gall, 61. 



louse, 97. 



scale, 103. 

 Marmoset, 280. 

 Marmots, 270, 273. 

 Marsu'pia'lia (L. marsupium, a 



pouch), 27, 263, 264. 

 Marten, 278. 

 Mastodon, 351. 



Maxillae, 32. 



May flies, 117. 



Meadow lark, 24, 236. 



Mealy bug, 103. 



Measuring worms, 85, 315. 



Medicinal leech, 151. 



Medu'sje, 172. 



Mgso hip'pus, 348. 



Metamor'phosis (Gr. meta, over, 

 and morphe, form) the change 

 from one stage to another in 

 the development of the young, 

 61, 90, 91, 93, 121, 295-302. 



Mice, 270, 271. 



Microscope, a convex lens or a 

 combination of several such 

 lenses for magnifying objects, 

 21. 



Migration of birds, 24, 260. 



Milk snake, 214, 216. 



Milkweed butterfly, 69. 



Millipeds, 132. 



Mim'icry, 214, 321. 



Mink, 278. 



Mite, 131, 327. 



Moa, 335. 



Moc'casin, 214, 219. 



Mole, 275. 



Molting, shedding the outer skin 

 or feathers, 215, 221. 



Molting of crustaceans, 137. 

 of insects, 31. 



Mollus'ca, 26, 142-150. 



Molluscoi'da, aquatic worms 

 which, to the casual observer, 

 appear like plants, 25. 



Monarch butterfly, 69. 



Monkeys, 280 283. 



Monotremata, 27, 261-263. 



Moose, 267, 269, 330. 



Mosquitoes, 24, 39-45.- 



Moth, eggs of, 297. 



Moths, 68, 73-91. 



Mounting of animals, 18- 



