Chera progne. Male in nuptial plumage. 



CHAPTER III. 



PHASES OF NATUKE AROUND PEETORIA. 



Natural aspects in the dry winter season. Orthoptera and Coleoptera. 

 Commencement of the rainy season. Protective resemblance in butter- 

 flies. Vegetable tanning-products. Survival of spined and hard- 

 wooded trees in the struggle for existence with herbivorous fauna. 

 Baboons. Bad roads. A Boer farm. Grass-fires. Dust-storm. 

 Vast quantities of beetles under stones. Bad weather and heavy losses 

 in live stock, Appearance of winged Termites. Swollen streams and 

 their dangers. Accidental dangers in animal life. Birds of Prey. 



To a naturalist who has seen the glorious profusion 



