Index. 



Fishes, nest-building, 56-64. 

 Foraging Ants, in. 

 Foraminifera, 9, 10 et stq. 

 Fur Moth, caterpillar of, 162. 



GALL-FLIES, 950. 

 Garden Spider, 129, 133. 

 Giant Clam, 37. 

 Globigerina, 13. 

 Gold Crest, 198. 



, nest of, 200. 



" Golden-head " Worm, 49. 

 Goldfinch, nest of, 196. 

 Gopher, the, 172. 

 Gossamer Spiders, 124. 

 Grallina, Pied, nest of, 219. 

 Gymnarchus, 60. 



HAMSTER, 178. 

 Hang-nests, nests of, 234. 

 Harvest Mouse, 245. 

 Hawfinch, nest of, 195. 

 Helmet shell, 36. 

 Heron's nest, 195, 207. 

 Heterotis, 60. 

 Hive Bees, 74. 

 Honey-eaters, nests of, 212. 

 Horabill, nest of, 226. 

 House-flies, dangers from, 65. 

 House Martinis nest, 207. 

 Humming Birds, nests of, 232-233. 

 Hunting Spiders, 153. 



INSECT builders, social, 65-78. 



, solitary, 79-99- 



Insects as workers on plant tissues, 250. 

 Island builders, 17-26. 



KINGFISHER, 185. 



LACKEY MOTH cocoons, 153. 

 Ladder-shells, 33, 

 Leaf-cutting Bees, 84. 

 Leaf-rolling Caterpillars, 255. 

 Lima, 28, 38. 



MAGPIE, nest of, 203, 206. 

 Magpie-lark, nest of, 219. 

 Mallee Bird, nest of, 215. 

 Mammals, craftsmanship of, 240-249. 



Marmot, Alpine, 177, 



, Prairie, 175. 

 Martin, Fairy, 210. 



, House, nest of, 207, 208. 



, Sand, nest of, 184. 

 Mason Ants, 103. 



Bees, 79-84- 



Spiders, 150. 



Meadow Pipits, nest of, 196. 

 Megapode r 4iest of, 216. 

 Melicerta,*5i-53. 

 Microscopic builders, 9-16. 

 Mining insects, 163 et seq. 

 Mole, Common, 168-171. 

 Mole Cricket, 166. 

 Mollusca, 28. 



Moths, cocoons of, 153 et seq. 

 Mound Bird, nest of, 215-216. 

 Mouse, Harvest, 245. 

 Mullein Moth, cocoon of, 159. 

 Mushroom corals, 20. 

 Musk Rat, 245. 

 Musquash, 245. 



NAUTILUS, the, 10, u. 

 Nest architecture of birds, 189. 

 , digging, burrowing, and car- 

 pentry, 184. 



Nest-building fishes, 56-64. 

 Nummulitic limestone, 15. 

 Nuthatches, British, nest of, 224. 

 , Syrian, nest of, 224. 



OAK-GALLS, 253. 



Odynerus, 98. 



Oriole, Baltimore, nest of, 234. 



, Crested, 235. 



, Orchard, nest of, 235. 



Ormer, 34. 



Ornithorhynchus, 183. 

 Oven Bird, 221-224. 

 Owl, Coquimbo, 177. 



PARADISE-FISH, 60-62. 



Parasol Ants, 108. 



Pasteboard Wasps, 74. 



" Pelican's Foot " shell, 33. 



Pelopaeus, 90. 



Pholas, 41. 



Piddock, 41? 



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