Children's own library . ill eat almost anyarticle of food, but is very fond of insects. It will alsoeat fruits. This pretty little Monkey is also called the Ouistiti,from its peculiar whistling cry when alarmed orprovoked. The Lemurs derive their name from their nocturnalhabits and their noiseless movements. The RuffledLemur is a native of Madagascar. It lives in the:depths of the forests, and only moves by night, theentire day being spent in sleep. Its food consists offruits, insects, and small birds, which latter it takeswhile they are sleeping. This is the largest of theLemurs, being rathe
Children's own library . ill eat almost anyarticle of food, but is very fond of insects. It will alsoeat fruits. This pretty little Monkey is also called the Ouistiti,from its peculiar whistling cry when alarmed orprovoked. The Lemurs derive their name from their nocturnalhabits and their noiseless movements. The RuffledLemur is a native of Madagascar. It lives in the:depths of the forests, and only moves by night, theentire day being spent in sleep. Its food consists offruits, insects, and small birds, which latter it takeswhile they are sleeping. This is the largest of theLemurs, being rather larger than a The Slender Loris is a native of India, Ceylon, , like the Lemur, seldom moves by day, but prowlsabout at night in search of food. WING-HANDED ANIMALS We now arrive at the Bats, or Cheiroptera, whosefore-paws, or hands, are developed into wings by a thinmembrane. K 18 WOOD S NATURAL HISTORY The usual food of Bats is insects, which they mostlycapture on the wing; but some, as the Vampires, suck. LONG-EARED BAT blood from other animals, and a few, as the Kalong orFlying Fox, live upon fruits. Even the cocoanut isnot secure from their depredations. The membrane of the wing1 is extremely sensitive, woods natural history 19 and the elongation of the finger joints gives the animalthe power of extending or folding it. When the Batwishes to walk, it half folds the membrane, and assumesan attitude represented in the cut of the Long-eared Bat. The thumb joint has no part of the wing attached to it,but is left free, and is armed with a hook at the extremityby means of which it is enabled to drag itself along. The Vampire Bat is a native of South America. Itlives on the blood of animals, and sucks usually whileits victim sleeps. The extremities, where the bloodflows freely, as the toe of a man, the ears of a horse, orthe combs and wattles of fowls, are its favorite it has selected a subject it watches until theanimal is fairly asleep. It then fans its
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