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BRANCH VERTEBRATA. 



slender finger it withdraws the larva from its hole and 



quickly devours it. 



The Specter, confined to a small 

 portion of the East Indies, is also 

 of nocturnal habits. This animal 

 has the hind legs formed for leap- 

 ing, like those of the tree frog 

 a resemblance intensified by the 

 presence of a large sucker at- 

 tached to the end of each toe. 

 The teeth, which resemble those 

 of some of the moles, show the 

 animal to be insectivorous. 



The Graceful Loris inhabits 

 Ceylon, Java, etc. Prowling in 

 the darkness, it would be quite 

 invisible, were it not for its round, 

 shiny eyes. Espying a sleeping 



Tar'sius splc'tntm, Specter. bird among ^ branchegj it creeps 



toward it with noiseless, imperceptible movements, until 

 it can place its fingers over its prey, when, with a motion 

 quick as a flash, it seizes 

 it. Its diet is also vege- 

 tarian, especially in its 

 fondness for fruit. At- 

 tached to a branch, and 

 rolling its body up into 

 a ball, with the head 

 hidden among the legs, 

 it generally spends the 



Lo'ris grac'ilis.. Graceful Loris. 



day sleeping. 



The Ruffled Lemur, inhabiting Madagascar, is large 

 and handsome. Wrapped up in its long, bushy tail, it 



FIG. 465. 



