FLASHLIGHTS ON 

 NATURE A POPULAR 



ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE HIS- 

 TORIES OF SOME FAMILIAR 

 INSECTS, BIRDS, PLANTS, ETC. 



BY 



GRANT ALLEN 



AUTHOR OF " EVOLUTION OF THE IDEA OF GOD, 

 "THE STORY OF THE PLANTS," ETC. 



PHOTOGRAPHIC FRONTISPIECE BY J. H. McFARLAND 



AND NEARLY ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DRAWINGS 



By FREDERICK ENOCK 



OF THE 



f UNIVERSITY ) 



OF 



NEW YORK 



DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY 

 1905 



