NATURE SKETCHES 



IN 



TExAlPERATE AMERICA 



A SERIES OF SKETCHES AND A POPULAR ACCOUNT 



OF INSECTS, BIRDS, AND PLANTS, TREATED 



FROM SOME ASPECTS OF THEIR 



EVOLUTION AND ECOLOGICAL 



RELATIONS 



BY 



JOSEPH LANE HANCOCK 



M.D., F.E.S. 



WITH T\V(J HUNDRED AXD l-TFTEEN' ORIGINAL 



ILLUSTRATIONS IX THE TEXT, AND TWELVE 



COLORED PLATES BY THE AUTHOR 



CHICAGO 

 C. McCLURG & CO. 

 1911 



