THE LORIS. 



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the moth as it darts through the air, lie in wait for it, and 

 then spring like lightning upon their prize. The long-legged 

 Tarsii leap about two feet at a spring, and feed chiefly on small 

 lizards, holding, squirrel-like, their prey in their fore-hands, 

 while they rest on their haunches. 



TARSIUS BANCAXUS. 



