Example: The English Sparrow (Passer domesticus) [Laboratory exercise]. External structure, [327.]—Internal structure [Laboratory exercise], [329.]—Life history and habits, [335.]

Other Birds.

Body form and structure, [336.]—Development and life-history, [339.]—Classification, [340.]—The ostriches, cassowaries, etc. (Ratitæ), [341.]—The loons, grebes, auks, etc. (Pygopodes), [343.]—The gulls, terns, petrels, and albatrosses (Longipennes), [345.]—The cormorants, pelicans, etc. (Steganopodes), [346.]—The ducks, geese, and swans (Anseres), [347.]—The ibises, herons, and bitterns (Herodiones), [347.]—The cranes, rails, and coots (Paludicolæ), [348.]—The snipes, sand-pipers, plovers, etc. (Limicolæ), [349.]—The grouse, quail, pheasants, turkeys, etc. (Gallinæ), [358.]—The doves and pigeons (Columbæ), [351.]—The eagles, hawks, owls, and vultures (Raptores), [351.]—The parrots (Psittaci), [353.]—The cookoos and kingfishers (Coccyges), [354.]—The woodpeckers (Pici), [354.]—The whippoorwills, chimney-swifts, and humming-birds (Macrochires), [356.]—The perchers (Passeres), [357.]—Determining and studying the birds of a locality, [359.]—Bills and feet, [362.]—Flight and songs, [364.]—Nestling and care of the young, [366.]—Local distribution and migration, [367.]—Feeding habits, economics, and protection of birds, [370.]

XXVIII.—BRANCH CHORDATA (CONTINUED).

Class Mammalia: The Mammals.

Example: The Mouse (Mus musculus) [Laboratory exercise]. Structure, [373.]—Life-history and habits, [379.]

Other Mammals.

Body form and structure, [381.]—Development and life-history, [387.]—Habits, instincts, and reason, [387.]—Classification, [388.]—The opossums (Marsupialia), [389.]—The rodents or gnawers (Glires), [390.]—The shrews and moles (Insectivora), [391.]—The bats (Chiroptera), [391.]—The dolphins, porpoises, and whales (Cete), [393.]—The hoofed mammals (Ungulata), [394.]—The carnivores (Feræ), [396.]—The man-like mammals (Primates), [398.]


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