. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms; . t at is hit and brought backto the shooters pocket by virtue of the liga-ments intrinsic elasticity, we have an almostveritable replica of the chameleons fl_\--catcliingapparatus. The second remarkable structuralpeculiarity of the chamoeleon is the independentrelationship of the two e\es. The e_\-es them-selves are unlike those of any other lizards; theyare large, cones,perforatedonly at their extreme for the minute pupil-opening: while one eye ma\- be fixed on anobject in front of it, the
. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms; . t at is hit and brought backto the shooters pocket by virtue of the liga-ments intrinsic elasticity, we have an almostveritable replica of the chameleons fl_\--catcliingapparatus. The second remarkable structuralpeculiarity of the chamoeleon is the independentrelationship of the two e\es. The e_\-es them-selves are unlike those of any other lizards; theyare large, cones,perforatedonly at their extreme for the minute pupil-opening: while one eye ma\- be fixed on anobject in front of it, the other may be rollingaround in search of a second quarrw Thisindependent capacity of vision, while peculiaramong reptiles to the chama?leon, is common tomany fishes, such as blennies and flat-fishes. Athird anomaly in the chamasleons structure isthe character of the feet; these resemble thoseof a parrot, the toes being bound together intwo opposable bundles. In the fore foot theinner bundle contains three and the outer onetwo toes only, while in the hind foot the order 183. Phtlt by W. SaiuU-Kini, \ [ CHAMELEONS ASLEEP The tail of the sleeping chamtfleon is freffuenrly coiled spirally likethe proboscis of a butterfly
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