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INDEX 



of, 44; circulation of blood in, 

 95; heart of, 95, *()6; how to 

 preserve, 343. 



Bear, black, 269 ; brown, 269 ; 

 cinnamon, 269; grizzly, 269; 

 polar, 269. 



Beaver, 260; nest of, 46. 



Bee, leaf -cutter, 184. 



Beehive, observation, *303. 



Bees, sohtary, 182. 



Beetle, carrion, antenna of, show- 

 ing smelling-pits, *io6. 



Beetle, tracheal system of, *i5, 



*82. 



Biceps muscle of man, *7i. 



Big horn, 257, 266. 



Bills of bird, 61, 247. 



Bill-bug, 157. 



Bird, bit of feather of, magnified, 

 *6o ; external parts and regions 

 named, *62; feathers of, 60; 

 leg of, 63; life -history of, 34; 

 louse of, *299; nesting of, 34; 

 wing of, 62. 



Birds, 230; bills of, 247; care of 

 young of, 44 ; classification of, 

 233; collecting, 337; colors of, 

 285; economics of, 250; eggs, 

 how to preserve, 340; feeding 

 habits of, 250; feet of, 245; 

 flight of, 248; how to skin, 337; 

 identification of, 233; maritime, 

 eggs of, 44; moulting of, 244; 

 nests, how to collect and pre- 

 serve, 340; protection of, 250, 



Bison, 266, *267. 



Bison bison, 266, ^267, *268. 



Bite of rattlesnake, remedies for, 

 228. 



Black-snake, 226. 



Blood, circulation of, in fin of 

 fish, 57 ; how it circulates, 93. 



Blowing viper, 226. 



Blue-racer, 226. 



Bonibyx ^nnri, 9. 



Bones of forelimb of vertebrates, 

 *74; of leg of cat, hovv arranged, 

 72. 



Books, reference, list of, 327 



Brachynoius iiiidns, *t55. 



Brain of cnt,*ioi : of mouse, ''^103; 

 of snake, *J03 ; of sparrow, ^103 ; 

 of sunfish, *i03 ; of toad, *i03. 



Brains of vertebrates, *i03. 



Breathing of animals, 79. 



Breeding-cage made of flower-pot 

 and lamp chimney,*33i , made 

 of soap-bo>', *330. 



Buffalo, 266, *267, *268. 



Bullfrog, 217. 



Bull-head, 211. 



Bumble-bee, *3i5. 



Bumble-bees, life of, 315. 



Bunodes calijornica, *I27. 



Butterflies, 171; Grapta, protec- 

 tive color of, 288; how to 

 spread and preserve, 336 ; scales 

 of, *283; setting board for, 

 *33S; spreading board for, *337, 

 *3"i8; swallow- tailed, *i7o. 



Butterfly, bit of wing of, *283; 

 dead - leaf, *289 ; milkweed, 

 *29o; monarch, *29o; monarch, 

 larvce of, ^290; monarch, mim- 

 icked by viceroy, 291; owl, 

 *282; parnassian, *320, vice- 

 roy, *2go; viceroy, mimicking 

 monarch, 291. 



Cachalot, 263. 



Caddis-worm, 165; cases of, *i65; 

 nets of, 166. 



Cake-urchin, 138. 



Calf, taste papilla" of, *i05. 



Caligo, *282. 



Callorhinus ur sinus, *300. 



Cambarus, *i5i. 



Cancer prodiictHs, *i,55,. 



Canis familiarts, 269; latrans, 

 269 ; nubilus, 269. 



Carbon dioxide, how formed, 79. 



Cardinalis cardinalis, *23i. 



Caribou, 266. 



Carnivora, 266. 



Carpenter-bee, 183; nest of, *iS3. 



Case-worm, 165. 



Castnia, scale from wing of, *2S3. 



Castor canadensis, 260. 



Cat, brain of, *ioi; circulation 

 in leg of, *98 ; heart of,*97 ; mus- 

 cles of leg of, *72; skeleton of, 

 *7i; skeleton of, described, 



7.«- 

 Caterpillar parasitized, *298. 

 Catfish, 211, 212; eggs of, 42. 

 Co via, 260. 



Centiped, ^'t6o; skein, 160, *i6i, 

 Ccnnii conade>isis, *264, 266. 

 Cetr, 262. 

 Chain-snake, 226. 



