VI 
CONTENTS. 
Moths and Butterflies, or Lepidoptera .... 58 
Dragon-flies, etc., or Neuroptera 60 
Bees, Wasps, etc., or Hymenoptera 61 
Flies, Mosquitoes, etc., or Diptera 61 
CHAPTER lY. 
COLLECTING AND PRESERVING FISHES AND REPTILES. 
Sect. 
I. Fishes 63 
II. Eeptiles 64 
CHAPTER Y. 
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 YI. 
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 
Appendix 1^1 
Index 169 
