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NATURE STUDY AND LIFE 



Grade VII 



LESSONS WITH ANIMALS 



Birds : 



Tree sparrow 

 Crackles 

 Wood thrush 

 Yellow-throated vireo 

 Black-billed cuckoo 



Yellow-billed cuckoo 

 White-crowned sparrow 

 Ruby-crowned kinglet 

 Golden-crowned kinglet 

 Myrtle warbler 



Frogs and Salamanders : 



Life story of common toad ; rear from eggs, make feeding tests 



with insects 

 Newts 



Fishes : 



Trout 



Salmon ; spawning seasons, habits 



State laws concerning fishes 



Insects : 



Cutworms 

 Lion beetles 

 Army worm 

 Corn worm 

 Sphinxes 



Ichneumon flies 

 Gypsy moth (in eastern Mass.) 

 Brown-tailed moth (in eastern Mass.) 

 Household pests ; bed bug, kissing 

 bug, roaches 



Miscellaneous Animals : 



Woodchuck 



Centipedes and millipedes 



Mink and otter 



