Part 63

42. Why are these insects called scale-winged insects?

43. What can you tell me of the hawk-moth?

44. In what is it like a humming-bird?

45. Why is one moth called a death’s-head moth?

46. Tell me about the wasp moth.

47. Where does it stay in the pupa state?

48. What is the bombyx?

49. Tell me all you can about the silk-worm.

50. Does the silk-worm moth ever eat?

51. Tell me about its caterpillar and its cocoon.

52. Which moth destroys furs and woollen goods?

53. Tell me about the tinea.

54. What can you tell me of the beauty of moths?

55. How can you capture moths to study or to keep?

1. What is a bird?

2. How are eggs hatched?

3. On what plan is a bird built?

4. What can you say of a bird’s bones?

5. What can you tell me about a bird’s neck?

6. How do the bird’s bones help to keep it up in the air?

7. What shape is the breast-bone of flying birds?

8. What is the shape of the breast-bone of birds that do not fly?

9. In which part of the bird’s wing is the chief length?

10. Which is the short bone of the leg?

11. How many toes have most birds?

12. What is a bird’s beak?

13. Have birds any teeth?

14. What have they instead of teeth, for grinding their food?