THE GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY OF CHICAGO 

 BULLETIN No. 5 



ANIMAL COMMUNITIES IN 

 TEMPERATE AMERICA 



AS ILLUSTRATED IN THE 

 CHICAGO REGION 



A STUDY IN ANIMAL ECOLOGY 



BY 



VICTOR E. SHELFORD, PH.D. 



of the Department of Zoology 

 The University of Chicago 



PUBLISHED FOR THE GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY OF CHICAGO 



BY 



THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS 

 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 



