Handbook of nature-study for teachers and parents, Volume 1
by Anna Botsford Comstock
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Contents
- Preface
- The Teaching of Nature-Study
- How to Use This Book
- Animal Life
- Feathers as Clothing
- Lesson I
- Feathers as Ornament
- Lesson II
- How Birds Fly
- Lesson III
- Eyes and Ears of Birds
- Lesson IV
- The Form and Use of Beaks
- Lesson V
- The Feet of Birds
- Lesson Vi
- Chicken Ways
- Lesson VII
- Pigeons
- Lesson VIII
- The Canary and the Goldfinch
- Lesson IX
- The Robin
- Lesson X
- The Bluebird
- Lesson Xi
- The White-Breasted Nuthatch
- Lesson XII
- The Chickadee
- Lesson XIII
- The Downy Woodpecker
- Lesson XIV
- The Sapsucker
- Lesson XV
- The Red-Headed Woodpecker
- Lesson XVI
- The Flicker or Yellow-Hammer
- Lesson XVII
- The Meadow-Lark
- Lesson XVIII
- The English Sparrow
- Lesson XIX
- The Chipping Sparrow
- Lesson XX
- The Song Sparrow
- Lesson XXI
- The Mockingbird
- Lesson XXII
- The Catbird
- Lesson XXIII
- The Belted Kingfisher
- Lesson XXIV
- The Screech Owl
- Lesson XXV
- The Hen Hawks
- Lesson XXVI
- The Swallows and the Chimney Swift
- Lesson XXVII
- The Hummingbird
- Lesson XXVIII
- The Red-Winged Blackbird
- Lesson XXIX
- The Baltimore Oriole
- Lesson XXX
- The Crow
- Lesson XXXI
- The Cardinal Grosbeak
- Lesson XXXII
- Geese
- Lesson XXXIII
- The Turkey
- Lesson XXXIV
- Lesson XXXV
- II. Fish Study
- The Goldfish
- Lesson XXXVI
- The Bullhead
- Lesson XXXVII
- The Common Sucker
- Lesson XXXVIII
- The Shiner
- Lesson XXXIX
- The Brook Trout
- Lesson XL
- The Stickleback
- Lesson XLI
- The Sunfish
- Lesson XLII
- The Johnny Darter
- Lesson XLIII
- The Common Toad
- Lesson XLIV
- Lesson XLV
- The Tree-Frog, or Tree-Toad
- Lesson XLVI
- The Frog
- Lesson XLVII
- The Newt, Eft or Salamander
- Lesson XLVIII
- IV. Reptile Study
- The Garter, or Garden, Snake
- Lesson XLIX
- The Milk Snake, or Spotted Adder
- Lesson L
- The Water Snake
- Lesson Li
- The Turtle
- Lesson LII
- V. Mammal Study
- The Cotton-Tail Rabbit
- Lesson LIII
- The Muskrat
- Lesson LIV
- The House Mouse
- Lesson Lv
- The Woodchuck
- Lesson LVI
- The Red Squirrel or Chickaree
- Lesson LVII
- Furry
- The Chipmunk
- Lesson LVIII
- The Little Brown Bat
- Lesson LIX
- The Skunk
- Lesson LX
- The Raccoon
- Lesson LXI
- The Wolf
- The Fox
- Lesson LXII
- Lesson LXIII
- The Cat
- Lesson LXIV
- The Goat
- Lesson LXV
- The Sheep
- Lesson LXVI
- The Horse
- Lesson LXVII
- Cattle
- Lesson LXVIII
- The Pig
- Lesson LXIX
- VI. Insect Study
- The Black Swallow-Tail Butterfly
- Lesson LXX
- The Monarch Butterfly
- Lesson LXXI
- The Isabella Tiger Moth or Woolly Bear
- Lesson LXXII
- The Cecropia
- Lesson LXXIII
- The Promethea
- Lesson LXXIV
- The Hummingbird, or Sphinx, Moths
- Lesson LXXV
- The Codling Moth
- Lesson LXXVI
- Leaf-Miners
- Lesson LXXVII
- The Leaf-Rollers
- Lesson LXXVIII
- The Gall-Dwellers
- Lesson LXXIX
- The Grasshopper
- Lesson LXXX
- The Katydid
- Lesson LXXXI
- The Black Cricket
- Lesson LXXXII
- The Snowy Tree-Cricket
- The Cockroach
- Lesson LXXXIII
- Lesson LXXXIV
- The Dragon-Flies and Damsel-Flies
- Lesson LXXXV
- The Caddis-Worms and the Caddis-Flies
- Lesson LXXXVI
- The Aphids, or Plant-Lice
- Lesson LXXXVII
- The Ant-Lion
- Lesson LXXXVIII
- The Mother Lace-Wing and the Aphis-Lion
- Lesson LXXXIX
- The Mosquito
- Lesson XC
- The House-Fly
- Lesson XCI
- The Colorado Potato-Beetle
- Lesson XCII
- The Ladybird
- Lesson XCIII
- The Firefly
- Lesson XCIV
- The Ways of the Ant
- Lesson XCV
- Lesson XCVI
- The Ant-Nest, and What May Be Seen Within It
- Lesson XCVII
- The Mud-Dauber
- Lesson XCVIII
- The Yellow-Jacket
- Lesson XCIX
- The Leaf-Cutter Bee
- Lesson C
- The Little Carpenter-Bee
- Lesson CI
- The Bumblebee
- Lesson CII
- The Honey-Bee
- Lesson CIII
- Lesson CIV
- Industries of the Hive and the Observation Hive
- Lesson Cv