wunder · LibraryPART II. Animal Life
Read in the Wunder reader — freeANIMAL LIFE
I Bird Study
Beginning Bird Study in the Primary Grades 25
Feathers as Clothing 27
Feathers as Ornament 30
How Birds Fly 33
Eyes and Ears of Birds 36
The Form and Use of Beaks 37
The Feet of Birds 39
Chicken Ways 41
Pigeons 45
The Canary and the Goldfinch 49
The Robin 54
The Bluebird 60
The White-breasted Nuthatch 63
The Chickadee 66
The Downy Woodpecker 69
The Sapsucker 73
The Redheaded Woodpecker 75
The Flicker or Yellow-hammer 77
The Meadowlark 80
The English Sparrow 84
The Chipping Sparrow 88
The Song Sparrow 91
The Mockingbird 94
The Catbird 98
The Belted Kingfisher 101
The Screech Owl 104
The Red Shouldered and Red Tailed Hawks 108
The Swallows and the Chimney Swift 112
The Hummingbird 120
The Red-winged Blackbird 122
The Baltimore Oriole 125
The Crow 129
The Cardinal Grosbeak 133
Geese 136
The Turkey 143
The Study of Birds’ Nests in Winter 147
II Fish Study
The Goldfish 149
The Bullhead 154
The Common Sucker 158
The Shiner 161
Brook Trout 164
The Stickleback 168
The Sunfish 172
The Johnny Darter 177
III Batrachian Study
The Common Toad 181
The Tadpole Aquarium 185
The Tree-frog or Tree-toad 190
The Frog 193
The Newt, Eft or Salamander 197
IV Reptile Study
The Garter or Garden Snake 201
The Milk Snake, or Spotted Adder 204
The Water Snake 206
The Turtle 208
V Mammal Study
The Cotton-tail Rabbit 213
The Muskrat 218
The House Mouse 224
The Woodchuck 229
The Red Squirrel or Chickaree 233
Furry 238
The Chipmunk 240
The Little Brown Bat 243
The Skunk 247
The Raccoon 250
The Wolf 255
The Fox 257
Dogs 261
The Cat 268
The Goat 275
The Sheep 281
The Horse 286
Cattle 295
The Pig 303
VI Insect Study
The Life History of Insects 308
The Structure of Insects 312
The Black Swallow-tail Butterfly 315
The Monarch Butterfly 320
The Isabella Tiger Moth or Woolly Bear 326
The Cecropia 330
The Promethea 336
The Hummingbird, or Sphinx, Moths 340
The Codling Moth 347
Leaf-miners 352
The Leaf-rollers 357
The Gall-dwellers 360
The Grasshopper 365
The Katydid 370
The Black Cricket 373
The Snowy Tree-cricket 377
The Cockroach 378
How to Make an Aquarium for Insects 380
The Dragon-flies and Damsel-flies 382
The Caddis-worms and the Caddis-flies 387
The Aphids or Plant Lice 392
The Ant-lion 395
Mother Lace-wing and the Aphis-lion 397
The Mosquito 400
The House-fly 405
The Colorado Potato-beetle 409
The Ladybird 413
The Firefly 416
The Ways of the Ant 419
How to Make a Lubbock Ant-Nest 423
The Ant-Nest and What May be Seen Within it 425
The Mud-dauber 429
The Yellow-jacket 432
The Leaf-cutter Bee 436
The Little Carpenter Bee 439
The Bumblebee 442
The Honey-bee 445
The Honey-comb 451
Industries of the Hive and the Observation Hive 453
VII Other Invertebrate-Animal Study
The Garden Snail 458
The Earthworm 462
The Crayfish 466
Daddy Longlegs, or Grandfather Greybeard 472
Spiders 475
The Funnel-web 477
The Orb-web 478
The Filmy Dome 483
Ballooning Spiders 484
The White Crab-Spider 485
How the Spider Mothers Take Care of their Young 487
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