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OUTLINES

NATURE STUDY

SPECIAL REFERENCES:

a. As related to child life:   1307.

b.  Nature study in the lower grades:   1307.

c. Material:   1308.

d.  Methods:   1308.

e. The Camera in  Nature Study:   1309.

L ANIMAL LIFE.

1. MAIN  CLASSES  OF ANIMALS:    Animal kingdom 74;   arthropoda 114;  verte-

brates 2015;  tunicates 1950;   geology 2133.

a. Insects:    Illustrations — flies   687;   "darning  needle"   or   dragon  fly   549;

scarabaeus or tumble-bugs 1687; butterflies 296; hornets 886; silkworm moth 1757; chinch-bug 389; potato-bug 1537; fire-fly 676; peripatus 1453; cockroaches 418; cochineal 417; canker or fire worm 322.

b. Fishes:    678;, trout  1945;   bass 179;   cod 418;   salmon 1666;   perch 1451;

pike 1490; haddock 821;  mudfishes 1274.

c. Amphibians:   Frogs 719;  toads 1917;  and salamanders 1664.

d. Reptiles:    1601;   snakes  1773;   alligators  52;   lizards 1104;   tortoise 1925;

turtle 1958; terrapin 1892;   crocodile 480.

e. Brrds:   217;  sparrow 1791;  hawk 850;  robin 1620.

f. Mammals:   1154; cat 347; dog 538; elephant 604; monkey 1252; horse 886;

house-pets 889.

2. STUDY OF INSECTS:   928.

a. Parts of an Insect:   928; ant 76; bee 191 beetle 194; spiders 1798.

(a)  Antennae  or  feelers,  what  they  are    like:     Cock-

roaches 418; aphides or plant lice 82.

(b)  Eyes:   Insects 928;  dragon-fly 548.

1.  Upper    lip    and    jaws:

Beetle 194; weevil 2064; ant-lion 81.

2. Parts for biting and for

sucking: 929; Butterfly 297; caterpillar 350; waterbug 2052.

(2) Thorax:   '928.

(a) The wings and legs:  Insects 929-30; crickets 477; grasshoppers 796.

(3) Abdomen and the way it is joined to the thorax:    2050.

b. Stages through which most insects go in developing from the egg to the

full-grown  adult  insect:    fly  687;   mosquito  1269.

(a)  Number of eggs:   Bee 191;  mos-

quito 1269.

(b)  Where they are laid: Bee 191; fly 928; )                687;    mosquito   1269;    moths

1270-71.

(c)  When laid:   Moths 1270; crickets

477;  grasshopper   796;   lady-bug 1019.

(1) Head:

(c) Mouth-parts:

(1) The egg stage: 297; 350.

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