Antlers 



But with the disagreeable there is also much of 

 interest living up above in the leaf canopy. 



Have you ever paid any attention to the life 

 which has its being up there ? 



Birds there are in numbers. The nesting 

 places in old dry tree stems of the brightly- 

 coloured, shy woodpecker can sometimes be exam- 

 ined from your high seat, and the ways of those 

 curious, ungainly-looking crossbills. 



Insect life too is plentiful, and quite apart from 

 that commonly met with down below. Weird- 

 shaped and curiously coloured caterpillars you 

 will meet ; queer mantis and stick insects also, if 

 you keep your eyes open ; moths of shades approxi- 

 mating almost exactly to the bark, twig, or leaf 

 upon which they are sitting, and tree-bugs and 

 beetles, whose colouring and shapes are legion ; 

 and last, but not least, preying upon this infinite 

 variety of life, lizards of all sorts and sizes. 



Snakes too ! You may come across a few 

 species who live in trees and bushes, such as the 

 beautiful green bamboo snake. 



