138 THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL 
THE ‘“ FLYING-DRAGON” GROUP. 
volans Gray), takes its name from the numerous 
wing-like membranous expansions of its sides, which 
act like aéroplanes as the animal jumps or floats from 
branch to branch of the trees in which it dwells. These 
THE FLYING-DRAGON GROUP 
In East Mammal Hall, No. 207 of the main floor 
folds of skin are supported by the five or six posterior pairs of ribs and 
may be folded like fans. On the throat of the male are three pointed 
orange-colored appendages, of which the middle is the longer. In the 
female these appendages are blue. ‘The metallic sheen of the body and 
the prettily marked orange and black wings of the animal harmonize 
perfectly with the surrounding foliage and the gaudily colored flowers 
among which it rests, and aid in concealing it from its enemies as well 
