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5. Describe the life of a hive or colony of honey
bees. (See "The Life of the Bee," by Maurice
Maeterlinck, Dodd Mead Co.)
b. Sea Shore Life
1. Name five invertebrates used as food and state
where they are found.
2. What is the food of the starfish? How are
starfish destroyed?
3. Name twenty invertebrates which you have seen
and give the locality where they were found.
4. Name five invertebrates that live in the water
only and five that burrow in the mud or sand.
5. What invertebrate was eaten by the Indians and
its shell used in making wampum? Where have you
seen this animal?
GENERAL REFERENCES
A. MAMMALS
"Life-Histories of Northern Animals," 2 vols., Ernest Thompson Seton,
Scribner.
"American Animals," Stone, Witmer and Wm. E. Cram, Doubleday Page.
"American Natural History, Vol. I, Mammals," Wm. T. Hornaday, Scribner.
"Squirrels and Other Fur-Bearers," John Burroughs, Houghton, Mifflin.
"Kindred of the Wild," C.G.D. Roberts, Doubleday Page.
"Animals, Their Relation and Use to Man," C.D. Wood, Ginn and Co.
"Popular Natural History," J.G. Wood, Winston.
B. REPTILES
"Reptile Book," Raymond L. Ditmars, Doubleday Page.
"The Poisonous Snakes of North America," Leonhard Stejnegar, Report U.
S. National Museum, 1893.
C. AMPHIBIANS
"The Frog Book," Mary Cynthia Dickerson, Doubleday Page.
"Manual of Vertebrates of the Northern United States," David Starr
Jordon, A.C. McClurg Pub. Co.
"Nature Study and Life," Clifton F. Hodge, Ginn and Co.
D. FISHES
"American Food and Game Fishes," David Starr Jordan and Barton W.
Evermann, Doubleday Page.
"The Care of Home Aquaria," Raymond C. Osburn, New York Zoological
Society.
"The Story of the Fishes," James Newton Baskett, D. Appleton and Co.
E. INVERTEBRATES
a. Insects and Spiders
"Butterfly Guide," W. J. Holland, Doubleday Page.--(For beginners).
"Our Common Butterflies," Frank E. Lutz, (Guide Leaflet No. 38, American
Museum of Natural History).
"How to Collect and Preserve Insects," Frank E. Lutz, (Guide Leaflet No.
39, American Museum of Natural History).
"The Moth Book," W. J. Holland, Doubleday Page.
"The Butterfly Book," W. J. Holland, Doubleday Page.
"The Spider Book," J. H. Comstock, Doubleday Page.
"Moths and Butterflies," Mary C. Dickerson, Ginn and Co.
"Manual for the Study of Insects," J. H. and A. B. Comstock, Comstock
Publishing Co.
"The Wonders of Instinct," Jean Henri Fabre, Century Co.
"Field Book of Insects," Frank E. Lutz, Putnam.
b. Sea Shore Life
"The Sea-Beach at Ebb Tide," A. F. Arnold, The Century Co.
"Sea-Shore Life," A. G. Mayer, (New York Zoological Society 1906).
"Introduction to Zoology," C. B. and G. C. Davenport, Macmillan Co.,
1900.
III. GROUP BADGES
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