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ADMISSION AND CLASSIFICA TION.
equivalent of five periods a week for at least one-half year to the study
of invertebrate zoology ; and the greater part of this work must have
been laboratory practice in the observation of living forms and in
dissection. His laboratory notes and drawings endorsed by the
teacher will be required at the time of the examination as evidence of
the nature of this part of the work. This practice laboratory should
include a study of at least thirteen of the forms named in the follow
ing list : amoeba, paramcecium, hydra, sea-anemone, star-fish, sea-
urchin, earthworm, cray-fish, lobster, spider, millipede, centipede,
locust (grasshopper), dragon-fly, squash-bug, butterfly, bumblebee,
clam, snail, and squid.
The laboratory work must be of the character given in Needham's
"
Zoology,"
Elementary Lessons in Colton's "Practical Zoology,"
or
other works similar to these in grade and method. In addition to
the above books,
the student should have access to some advanced
work like Parker and Haswell's " Text-book of Zoology,"
or Adam
Sedgwick's "
Student's Text-book of Zoology,"
1898, for reference.
The examination will call for a discussion of the habitat, mode of
life, and post-embryonic development (transformations) as well as of
the morphology of the forms studied.
b. Vertebrate Zoology. To meet the requirement there should
be submitted drawings and notes in evidence of the dissection of the
viscera of forms representing groups as follows : Mammals (cat, dog,
monkey, rabbit, rat or opossum) ; Birds (common fowl, pigeon, or
other convenient form) ; Reptile (serpent, and either a turtle or an
alligator) ; Batrachian (salamander, toad or frog, and a tadpole) ;
"
Fishes "
(sturgeon, amia or gar soft-
; cat-fish, sucker, carp or other
rayed fish ; bass, perch or other spiny-rayed fish ; shark or ray ;
lamprey or hag; lancelet (amphioxus), and a simple tunicate, i.