. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. 240 NATUMAL SISTORY. the ; Being nocturnal in its habits, tlie eyes, which are large, and with great wide dark pupils and a brown-red iris, have a glassy, glimmering appearance in daylight, but look like balls of tu-e at night. The ears are a remai-kable feature : about a tliird sliorter than the head, they stand out like gi-eat, flattish, elliptical-mouthed trumpets, ever changing position and shape, and catching all sounds, and they are neai-ly bare within and slightly hairy outside. This animal has fur of a uniformly dark br
. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. 240 NATUMAL SISTORY. the ; Being nocturnal in its habits, tlie eyes, which are large, and with great wide dark pupils and a brown-red iris, have a glassy, glimmering appearance in daylight, but look like balls of tu-e at night. The ears are a remai-kable feature : about a tliird sliorter than the head, they stand out like gi-eat, flattish, elliptical-mouthed trumpets, ever changing position and shape, and catching all sounds, and they are neai-ly bare within and slightly hairy outside. This animal has fur of a uniformly dark brown, and this colour mainly distinguishes it from MOXTETKO'S GAL.\GO.* This short description of the Thick-tailed Galago in a great many i-espects answers to another, which merits the title of " Grand," if dimensions a gi-ade larger deserve it. One was obtained at Cuis Bay, south of Loanda, and was conveyed to England Ln the living state, being supposed to be only a pale variety of the last-mentioned species. The only visible difference from the latter seems to be that of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Duncan, P. Martin (Peter Martin), 1821-1891; Metcalf Collection (North Carolina State University). NCRS. London [etc] Cassell & Company, Limited
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