CHAPTER VI

VERTEBRATES 101

Fishes: Living Fish, 101; External Structure, 103; Mouth and Gills, 105; Alimentary Canal and Circulatory System, 107; Review and Library Exercise, 110. Primitive Chordates, 112. Amphibia: Living Frog or Toad, 114; Mouth, 116; Organs of Digestion, Absorption, and Excretion, 117; Organs of Circulation and Respiration, 120; Nervous System, 123; Endoskeleton, 125; Comparative Study, 129; General Review and Library Exercise, 129. Reptiles: Living Snake, Lizard, and Turtle, 130; Review and Library Exercise, 132. Birds: Living Pigeon, 133; Plumage, 136; Birds and Migration, 139; Laboratory Exercise, 139; Field Work, 141; Review and Library Exercise, 142; Migration in General, 145. Mammals: Rodents: Domestic Rabbit, 146; Wild Rabbit, 148; Guinea Pig or White Rat, 149; Squirrel, 150; Library Exercise, 152. Carnivora: Laboratory Exercise, 153; Library Exercise, 155. Ungulates: Laboratory Exercise, 157; Library Exercise, 160. The Horse, 162. Homology of the Vertebrate Skeleton, 168.