First lesson in zoology : adapted for use in schools . Fig. 343.—Bones of fore leg of aMole. 53, the cubital scapula; 53,humerus; 54, ulna; 55, Fig. 244.—Common Mole, Scalops aquaticus Xiinn. (Natural size.) appeared above the surface of the ground they would besnapped up by owls, hawks, or cats. Hence their eyes are 246 FIRST LESSONS IN ZOOLOGY. very email and mostly hidden under the fur, while the earsare small and concealed by the hair. Yin,. 245.—Common Shrew. In the little shrews, the feet are more as in mice, andthe tailis long (Pig. 245). The Bats.—These flying creatures, living
First lesson in zoology : adapted for use in schools . Fig. 343.—Bones of fore leg of aMole. 53, the cubital scapula; 53,humerus; 54, ulna; 55, Fig. 244.—Common Mole, Scalops aquaticus Xiinn. (Natural size.) appeared above the surface of the ground they would besnapped up by owls, hawks, or cats. Hence their eyes are 246 FIRST LESSONS IN ZOOLOGY. very email and mostly hidden under the fur, while the earsare small and concealed by the hair. Yin,. 245.—Common Shrew. In the little shrews, the feet are more as in mice, andthe tailis long (Pig. 245). The Bats.—These flying creatures, living as they do apart of their time on the wing, are the very opposites of themoles, and their whole body shows a thorough adaptationto their needs. If the moles fore-limbs are remarkablyshort and spade-like, those of the bats go to an opposite ex-treme, and are remarkably long and slender, especially thethird, fourth, and fifth fingers. A thin, naked membraneconnects the fore and hind limbs, forming two great shoulders are well braced by collar-bones, and even asin birds the breastbone is somewhat keeled for the inser-tion of the la
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