Life in the Shifting Dunes / A popular field guide to the natural history of Castle Neck, Ipswich, Massachusetts
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1960 paperback, a publication of the Museum of Science, Boston. A popular field guide to the natural history of Castle Neck, Ipswich, Massachusetts.
Chapters (98)
- LIFE IN THE SHIFTING DUNES
- PREFACE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- CONTENTS
- Chapter 1 THE SHIFTING DUNES
- THE FUTURE OF CASTLE NECK
- GEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES YOU CAN MAKE
- Ventifacts
- Erratics
- Fulgurites
- Glacial Till
- Garnets
- History in the Sand
- Beach Porcupines
- MORE ABOUT THE DUNES
- Chapter 2 AN INTRODUCTION TO DUNE ECOLOGY
- SOME ANIMAL ADAPTATIONS
- A Nest Deep Down in the Sand
- No Nest at All
- Eating What Comes to Hand
- The Art of Being Inconspicuous
- PLANT ADAPTATIONS
- Anchor for the Dunes
- A Tough Sand Dweller
- An Adaptable Mushroom
- NOW IT’S UP TO YOU
- Chapter 3 PLANTS ON THE DUNES
- MUSHROOMS ON THE DUNES
- GRASS ON THE DUNES
- FLOWERS OF THE SEASHORE
- White Flowers
- Red or Purple Flowers
- Yellow Flowers
- Green or Brown Flowers
- SHRUBS AND TREES ON THE DUNES
- Shrubs of the Dunes
- Trees of the Dunes
- AIDS FOR YOUR INVESTIGATION
- SOME OTHER FLOWERS OF CASTLE NECK
- Chapter 4 LIFE AT THE EDGE OF THE SEA
- “WEEDS” OF THE SEA
- The Brown Algae
- The Green Algae
- The Red Algae
- ANIMALS OF THE SEA
- The Sponges
- The Jelly-like Animals
- The Worms
- The Crustaceans
- The Mollusks
- The Spiny-skinned Animals (Echinoderms)
- The Fishes
- FOR MORE INFORMED BEACHCOMBING
- Chapter 5 INSECTS AND THEIR KIN
- INSECT RELATIVES: MULTILEGGED CREATURES
- Eight-legged Animals
- Creatures with More Than Eight Legs
- INSECTS: SIX-LEGGED ANIMALS
- The Mayflies
- The Dragonflies and Damselflies
- The Fan-winged Insects: Grasshoppers, Crickets, etc.
- The Earwigs
- The True Bugs
- The Aphids and Scale Insects
- The Golden-eyed Insects
- Nature’s Insect Tanks: Beetles
- The Scaled-wing Insects: Butterflies and Moths
- The Two-winged Insects: Flies and Mosquitoes
- The Ants, Wasps, and Bees
- INSECT COLLECTING—AN INEXPENSIVE HOBBY
- Chapter 6 MEETING THE MAMMALS
- INSECT-EATING MAMMALS: SHREWS
- WINGED MAMMALS: BATS
- LONG-EARED JUMPERS: RABBITS
- BUCK-TOOTHED MAMMALS: RODENTS
- DOGLIKE MAMMALS: FOXES
- RING-TAILED MAMMAL: RACCOON
- SCENT-PRODUCING MAMMALS: SKUNKS, MINK, WEASELS
- HOOF-FOOTED MAMMALS: DEER
- MAMMAL STUDY—A LIFETIME PROJECT
- Chapter 7 WINGS OVER THE SAND
- BIRDS OF THE SEA
- BIRDS OF THE BEACH
- Five Common Migrants
- BIRDS OF THE SWAMPY AREAS
- BIRDS OF THE FIELDS AND WOODED AREAS
- SOME WINTER SPECIALTIES
- FOR A WIDER ACQUAINTANCE AMONG THE BIRDS
- COMMON BIRDS OF CASTLE NECK
- NOW IT’S UP TO YOU!
- PERSONAL CHECKLIST
- Chapter I. “The Shifting Dunes”
- Chapter III. “Plants on the Dunes”
- Chapter IV. “Life at the Edge of the Sea”
- Chapter V. “Insects and their Kin”
- Chapter VI. “Meeting the Mammals”
- Chapter VII. “Wings over the Sand”
- FIELD NOTES
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