360 



INDEX. 



Grebes, nests, 3 53 



range, 352 

 Grosbeaks, 292 

 Ground beetles, 6g, 71 

 Grubs, 73 



bird enemies, 74 

 Gulls, 347, 348 

 Gypsy moth, 70, 137 



Hairy woodpecker, 74, 118, 257, 

 294 



Halteres, 184 



Hand lens, 51 



Handmaid moth, larva, 134 



Harmful flies, 188, 204 



Harvestmen, 235 



Hawks, 258 



marsh, 137, 164, 258, 292 

 night, 97, 313 

 red-tail, 137, 258, 292 

 sparrow, 97, 258, 291 



Hearing : 



birds, 299 

 insects, 17 



Heart : 



insects, 23 



Hemiptera, 107 



beak of, 99, 108 

 beneficial, 109, 112, 114,117 

 characteristics, 105 

 development, 109 

 divisions of order, 107 

 food habits, 108, 109 

 harmful sorts, 118 

 setting for collection, 104 



Hepialidse, 129 



Herodiones, 331 



Herons, 332 



Hesperornis, 254, 354 



Hessian fly, 191 



development, 191 

 measures against, 192 

 natural enemies, 192 



Hippelates, 192 



Homing instinct, 11, 13, 139, 

 156 



Honey, 157 



Honey ants, 166 



Honeybees, 155 



House fly, 188, 190 



measures against, igo 

 metamorphosis, 190 



House wren, 97, 118, 137 



Horse fly, 184, 188 

 Humming bird, 312, 315 

 Hunter, the Fiery, 70 

 Hypermetamorphosis, 34 

 Hymenoptera, 43, 149 



characteristics, 147 



subordination of males, i 54, 

 168, 173 



metamorphosis, i 54 



mouth-parts, 153 



ovipositor, i 54 



sense powers, 156 



wing action, i 52 



Ibis, white-faced glossy, 333 

 Ichneumon flies, 149, 150 

 Ichthyornis, 256, 354 

 Incubation, 281 

 Incomplete metamorphosis, 40 

 Industries of the hive, 162 

 Insect net, 49 

 Insects, 2, 238 

 Isoptera, 44 



Jigger fleas, 226 

 Jointer spiders, 235 



characteristics, 235 



palpi, 236 

 Jugatae, 129 

 June bug, S9. 74, 78 



bird enemies, 74 



Katydids, 87, 91 



bird enemies, 97 

 Key to families of spiders, 246 

 Killing bottle, 51 • 



Kingbird, 74, 97, 291 

 Kingfisher, 313 

 King rail, 335 

 " Kissing bug," 117 



Labels, 56 

 Labium, 4, 6 

 Labrum, 2, 6 

 Lace- wing, 221, 222 

 Ladybird, 69 

 Lamellirostres, 337 



characteristics, 337 



divisions, 337 



food, 338 



migrations, 339 



