. The animals of the world. Brehm's life of animals;. Mammals. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF BATS. V7 animal; and one cannot err in determining the readi- ness and manner of flight after looking at the con- struction of the ; In general the flight of Wing-handed Animals is by short stages rather than by sustained motion. It the body. The strong breast muscles, the light lower part of the body, the elongation of arms and hands which sometimes reach three times the length of the body,, and, lastly, the flying membrane itself, are all conducive to this mode of locomotion. Soar-. THE KALON
. The animals of the world. Brehm's life of animals;. Mammals. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF BATS. V7 animal; and one cannot err in determining the readi- ness and manner of flight after looking at the con- struction of the ; In general the flight of Wing-handed Animals is by short stages rather than by sustained motion. It the body. The strong breast muscles, the light lower part of the body, the elongation of arms and hands which sometimes reach three times the length of the body,, and, lastly, the flying membrane itself, are all conducive to this mode of locomotion. Soar-. THE KALONG BATS. This sketch from nature presents the largest of the Dog-headed Bats in their sleeping-place in the forest^ aroused from repose possibly by the artist while he studies them How like a great cloak is the membrane drawn closely about them as they hang from the long, twisted vine. From tip to tip 'l^^ ™"/%"? "^,f'j five feet as they fly. Their home is in Java Sumatra Benda ^nd Tmio^- where they are very destructive to orchards, the fruit of which they de- vour only at night. (Ptero-pus eduUs.) is produced by a constant movement of the arms. While the bird can soar, the Bat can only flutter Its fluttering is greatly promoted by the structure of ing IS impossible, for none of the bones of the Bat are filled with air, the body does not contain the large an cavities of the bird, and, which is the chief reason, the Bat does not possess the strong feathers that are used to give impulse and guide the course. Its flight is a constant beating of the air and never a long shooting or gliding about without motion of the wings. In order to be able to stretch their mem- brane and readily and quickly take to flight, all Bats while in repose hook the claws of their hind paws into some lofty place, and suspend themselves from it, heads downward. It must be said that their hands are not only used in flying, but also in running on the level ground. Their walk is not really so
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