INDEX. 



AMMOPHILA, 94. 

 Ant-lion, the, 163. 

 Ants, 100-121. 



, Eciton, or Foraging, HI. 



, Mason, 103. 



, Satiba, or " Parasol," 109. 



, White or Termite, 115-121. 



, Wood, 100. 



Apes, arbours of, 240. 



Atolls, 22. 



Australian birds' nests, 210. 



BADGER, the, 171. 

 Basket Argiope, 134. 



Worms, 1 60. 



Beavers, 246-249. 

 Bees, Carder, 87. 



Carpenter, 86, 250. 



Hive, 74- 



Leaf-cutting, 84. 



Mason, 79-84. 



Poppy, 86. 



Bird architects, 189. 

 , foreign, 210. 



, diggers and burrowers, 184. 



Bobolink, nest of, 235. 

 Brain corals, 21. 

 Brick-maker Rotifer, 51. 

 Bullfinch's nest, 191, 195. 

 Burrowing Owl, 177. 



CADDIS-WORMS, 54. 

 Calling Crabs, 182. 

 Cameos, 36. 

 Carder Bee, 87. 

 Carpenter Bee, 86, 250. 

 Caryophyllia Smithii, 18. 

 Cassique, nest of, 233. 

 Cataract Bird, nest of, 2x3. 



261 



Caterpillars, cocoons of, 153 et seq. 



, Leaf-rolling, 255. 

 Caudata, 152. 

 Chaffinch, nest of, 196. 

 Chiff-chaff, nest of, 201. 

 Clams, 30. 



Clam shells, giant, 37. 

 Clothes Moth, caterpillars of, 163. 

 Cockles, 39. 

 Cocoons of caterpillars, 153. 



of spiders, 149-153. 

 Conch shells, 36. 

 Corals, reef -building, 17, 19, ax et stq. 



, solitary, 18, 20. 



Coral reefs, origin of substratum, 24 et 



seq. 



Courtiliere, 166. 

 Cowrie shells, tropical, 34. 

 Crab tribe, as diggers, 179. 

 Crabs, Calling, 182. 

 Crow, nest of, 195, 205. 

 Cup Coral, 18, 19. 



DATE-SHELL, 42. 



Devonshire Coral, 18-20. 



Dicaoum Swallow, nest of, 2x3, 2x4. 



Digging insects, 163 et seq. 



Dormouse, 244. 



Duck-billed Platypus, 183. 



EAR-SHELL, 34. 

 Eciton Ants, in. 

 Eumenes, 93. 



" FAIRY-LAMP " Spider, 150. 

 Fairy Martin, nest of, 210. 

 Fan Sabella. 45- 



Fantail, White-shafted, nest of, *ai. 

 Warbler, nest of, 229. 



