. Illustrated natural history : comprising descriptions of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, insects, etc., with sketches of their peculiar habits and characteristics . Zoology. 40 VERTEBRATES. it slowly advances until â within reach j then putting forward its paw with a motion slow and imperceptible as the movement of the shadow on the dial, it gradually places its fingers over the devoted bird; then, with a movement swifter than the 3yo can follow, it selees its startled prey. HAND-WINOED ANIMALS. Bats. â These are the only types of this family, and were arranged by Linnaeus with man and the
. Illustrated natural history : comprising descriptions of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, insects, etc., with sketches of their peculiar habits and characteristics . Zoology. 40 VERTEBRATES. it slowly advances until â within reach j then putting forward its paw with a motion slow and imperceptible as the movement of the shadow on the dial, it gradually places its fingers over the devoted bird; then, with a movement swifter than the 3yo can follow, it selees its startled prey. HAND-WINOED ANIMALS. Bats. â These are the only types of this family, and were arranged by Linnaeus with man and the monkeys. They are The Slender Loria. Sufficiently distinguished, however, by their wings. These are formed of a thin fold of skin, which extends between the two limbs of the same side, and is likewise stretched across the claws of the fore feet, which are very long and slender, and serve to keep the membrane extended like the sticks of an umbrella. By means of thi? apparatus, many of them are enabled to fly with a force and rapidity equal to that of birds; but, in others, it answers only the purpose of a parachute to break their fall from lofty places, or to enable them to perform great leaps in their passage from tree to tree. They are principally nocturnal animals, seeking their prey (which consists of iniiects, small quadrupeds or birds, and flesh of any kind) in the twilight, and retiring during the day to dark and hidden recesses, where they remain suspended by their claws, till the return of night. They possess the singular faculty of directing theii flight with great accuracy and precision, without the assistance of the sense of sight, and even after their eyes have been destroypd. It has been found that, after the complete removal of the pyeball, bats Are able to fly about in a room without touching the walls, apparently with as much ease and security as before. What is still more remarkable, when several willow rods are placed six inches distant from each other, so
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