FLYING ANIMALS. 



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Phalangers appear to be silent. Ordinary Squirrels, as 

 we all know, are capable of taking long leaps from bouSh 





FJO. 12. A Flying Squirrel, from the under side. (After Tennent.) 



to bough, and in the Flying Squirrel it is merely an ex- 

 cess of this power which, owing to the development of the 

 parachute, assumes the character of flight. A precisely 



