INMATES OF MY HOUSE AND GARDEN

About this eBook

Author

Brightwen, Mrs. (Eliza Elder), 1830-1906

Title

Inmates of My House and Garden

Credits

Produced by Shaun Pinder, Sonya Schermann and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

QL: Science: Zoology

Subject

Insects -- Juvenile literature

Category

Text

eBook-No.

49364

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49364

Release Date

July 5, 2015

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.INMATES OF MY HOUSE AND GARDEN
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.TABLE OF CONTENTS.
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
5. 5.LEMURS.
6. 6.TOMMY AND PEARLIE.
7. 7.MUNGO.
8. 8.SQUIRRELS WON BY KINDNESS.
9. 9.A “FAIRY” STORY.
10. 10.ASNAPPER.
11. 11.WILLOW-WRENS.
12. 12.TAME DOVES.
13. 13.FEEDING WILD BIRDS IN WINTER.
14. 14.STARVING TORTOISES.
15. 15.TEACHING VILLAGE CHILDREN TO BE HUMANE.
16. 16.STUDYING NATURE.
17. 17.INSECT OBSERVATION.
18. 18.SOLITARY BEES AND WASPS. — COLLETES. (ONE THAT PLASTERS.) — ANTHOPHORA. (FLOWER-RIFLER.) — MEGACHILE. (LARGE-LIPPED.) — ANTHIDIUM. (A DWELLER IN FLOWERS.) — ANTHOCOPA. (A FLOWER-CHOPPER.) — OSMIA. (SWEET SCENT OR PERFUME.) — HALICTUS. (TO CROWD TOGETHER.) — ANDRÆNA. — WASPS.
19. 19.DRONE-FLIES.
20. 20.THE PRAYING MANTIS.
21. 21.THE CORK MOTH.
22. 22.THE CLOTHES MOTH.
23. 23.THE DEATH-WATCH.
24. 24.CHEESE-MITES AND FLIES.
25. 25.LEPISMÆ.
26. 26.POT-POURRI.
27. 27.A WATER BOUQUET.
28. 28.ARTISTIC PITHWORK.

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