vi CONTENTS. 



MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES, OR LEPIDOPTERA .... 68 



DRAGON-FLIES, ETC., OR NEUROPTERA 60 



BEES, WASPS, ETC., OR HYMENOPTERA 61 



FLIES, MOSQUITOES, ETC., OR DIPTERA . ... 61 



CHAPTER IY. 



COLLECTING AND PRESERVING FISHES AND REPTILES. 

 SECT. 



I. FISHES 63 



II. REPTILES .... 64 



CHAPTER Y. 



MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS. 



SECT. 



I. CRUSTACEA 69 



COLLECTING MOLLUSKS 69 



PRESERVING SHELLS 70 



WORMS, ANIMAL PARASITES, JELLY-FISHES ... 71 

 CORALS, SEA-ANEMONES, HYDROIDS AND BRYOZOA, STAR- 

 FISHES, SEA-URCHINS, HOLOTHURIAS, OR SEA-CUCUMBERS, 



SPONGES AND SEA-WEEDS 72 



II. PREPARING SKELETONS 73 



MOUNTING SKELETONS . . . . . . . .73 



CHAPTER YI. 



COLLECTING AND PRESERVING EGGS 76 



METHOD OF PREPARING A BOOK FOR RECORDING THE MEASURE- 

 MENTS OF EGGS . . ... 78 



PART II. 



CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS . . 81 



INTRODUCTION 83 



APPENDIX f ... 161 



INDEX ... 169 



