VI CONTENTS. 



Moths and Butterflies, or Lepidoptera .... 58 



Dragon-flies, etc., or Neukoptera 60 



Bees, Wasps, etc., or Hymenoptera ..... 61 



Flies, Mosquitoes, etc., or Diptera 61 



CHAPTER IV. 



collecting and preserving fishes and reptiles. 

 Sect. 



I. Fishes •••..63 



II. Reptiles 64 



CHAPTER V. 



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 VI. 



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 ,..'• 161 



Index 169 



