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NATURAL HISTORY. 



and silky. In the island of Madagascar, where these an- 

 imals most abound, there are no monkeys. In Fig. 18 



Fig. 18 Rtiifled Lemur. 



you have the Ruffled Lemur of this island. In the Grace- 

 ful Loris, Fig. 19, you have a Lemur that is found in In- 

 dia and Ceylon. It is 

 very skillful in cap- 

 turing birds, which it 

 does in the night, 

 when they are asleep. 

 Slowly and noiseless- 

 ly advancing toward 

 its victim, when it gets 

 within reach of it, the 

 Loris puts its hand to- 

 ward it with a motion 

 so slow as to be al- 



Fig. 19. Graceful Loris. 



most imperceptible, 



and then, with a motion quicker than sight can follow, it 

 seizes its prey. 



> 57. I will notice but one more species of the Lemurs, 

 It is one whose skin is extended in a fold, like that of 

 the Flying Squirrel, between its anterior and posterior 



