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NATURE STUDY AND LIFE 



Grade VI 



LESSONS WITH ANIMALS 



Domesticated Animals : 



Pigeons ; domestication, habits, feeding, and care 



Birds : 



Maryland yellowtliroat 

 Rose-breasted grosbeak 

 Hairy woodpecker 

 Crossbills 

 Wood pewee 



Veery 



House wren 

 Warbling vireo 

 White-throated sparrow 

 Fox sparrow 



State laws for protection of birds 



Frogs and Salamanders: 



Wood frog 

 Red-backed salamander 



1 Rear from eggs and make feeding 



tests with insects 



Fishes : 



Bass ; rock, large and small mouth, black 



Insects : 



Borers ; peach-tree and others 

 Cabbage worm and parasites 

 Tiger beetles 

 Squash bugs 



Botflies 

 Apple maggot 

 House ants 



Miscellaneous Animals : 

 Earthworms 



Moles and shrews 



