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THE  STUDENT'S   MANUAL

(7) Their movements in the air:   speed, the falcon 647; endurance,

the kite 1U07;  floating, the  buzzard 297;   dashing, the flycatchers 687;   the fishhawks  678.

(8) Their songs:   call-notes and alarm-notes, the Virginia night-

ingale 334; the canary 321; the mockingbird 1245; the bittern 221; whooping crane 473.

(9) The food of birds, and how they obtain it:   the crows 482; the

adjutant 14;  the vultures 2031;   the hawks 850;   the kingfisher 1004;  the owls 1403;  the nighthawks 1350.

(10) The location and forms of their nests; the number and color

of their  eggs;   and   the  way  their  nests  are  constructed: birds' nests 217; the oven-bird 1002; thrush 1907; the oriole 1394;  the tailor-bird 1865;  the swallow 1852;  the eggs 589; •bob-white 233;   weaver-bird 2060.

(11) The migration of birds:   1223.

7. STUDY OF MAMMALS:

a. The characteristics which distinguish mammals from other animals:   1154.

b. Important classes of mammals:   1154.

(1)  Marsupials:   1177; kangaroo 988; opossum 1387; wombat 2105.

(2)  Rodents:     1623;    rats   1588;    rabbits   1577;    porcupine   1528;

gophers 781; beavers 188.

(3)  Hoofed   animals:    Ungulates  1966;   cow  352;   horse  886;   pig

1856; deer 513;  1599.

(4) Carnivora:   tiger 1911;  wolf 2103;  fox 703.

(5)  Primates:    Manlike    animals:    monkeys    1252;    chimpanzees

388; apes 81.

c. How each kind of mammal is specially fitted   to   live as it   does:    size;

strength; legs;  teeth;  jaws;  feet. (See references above.)

d. Some domesticated mammals:    House-Pets 889;   dog 538;  cat 347;   sheep

1736;  cow 352;  hog 1856;  horse 886.

(1) Animal from which each  has probably developed:   evolution

637.   (See under above heading.)

(2)  How they first might have been tamed:   538;  348; 886.

(3) Which was probably domesticated first? 352; 538;  1736.

(4) The   relation   between   the  teeth   and   the   kind   of  food  the

animal eats:  886;  889; 540.

(5) The  methods  of  defence of the  domesticated  animals:    232;

539.

(6) Which animals are best protected from the cold? Sheep 1736;

beaver 188; bear 185.

(7) The   relative   intelligence   of  the   different   domesticated   ani-

mals:   348;   539.

r(a) Horse:  886; ass 122; zebra 2129;

quagga 1569. (b) Dog:   539;   wolves  2103;   jackals

952

.3) Cat: 348; tiger 1911; lion 1077; leopard 1056; puma 1560; jaguar 955.

e. Two common wild animals:

' (a) How the squirrel is suited to his manner of life.

(b) Characteristics of his teeth, feet,

tail, fur.

(c) The kind of food which the squir-

rel eats.

(d)  How food is stored.

(e)  How he lives through the winter.

(f) The summer home and the winter I              home.

(2) The rabbit:  1577; 837.

Note:   Study with same outline as above for the squirrel, noting the difference between the rabbits and hares.

2222

(1) The   squirrel:     1806; 1623.

(8) Which wild animals are most like each of the main domesticated animals?