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ANIMAL COMMUNITIES IN TEMPERATE AMERICA 
A STUDY IN ANIMAL ECOLOGY 
Designed to serve as a reference work and text- 
book in the New Science of Animal Ecology 
By VICTOR ERNEST SHELFORD 
of the Department of Zodlogy of 
the University of Chicago 

Illustrated with 30Q figures, maps, and diagrams 
is volume by Dr. Shelford presents the principles of field ecology, illustrated 
by the more widely distributed animal habitats of the eastern half of temper- 
ate North America, and the aquatic habitats of a much larger term- 
The material has been accumulated during ten years of field study, 
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from the point of view of modern ecology, in various parts of the United 
States, though most of the material is drawn from the Chicago Region. The 
book is designed to serve as a reference work and a textbook in the new 
science of field ecology. 
Write for further particulars. 
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CHICAGO ILLINOIS 





An Indispensable Book for Students of Botany 
Methods in Plant Histology 
SECOND EDITION—ILLUSTRATED 
By Cuarwes J. CHAMBERLAIN, Pu.D. 
HIS BOOK contains directions for collecting and preparing plant matertal 
for microscopic investigation. It is based upon a course in botanical micro- 
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more attention has been given to collecting material. New chapters deal _ 
the Venetian turpentine method, microchemical tests, free-hand sections, special 
methods, and the use of the microscope.’ * These changes and additions have 
enlarged the volume from 168 to 272 pages 
272 pp., 8vo, cloth; postpaid, $2.39 
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