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OUR SEARCH FOR A WILDERNESS. 



group the wings, while perfect, were pitiful affairs, mere 

 mockeries of pinions, barely an inch in extent, while the 

 body of the insect was almost five inches in length. When 

 thrown into the air the poor "stick" expanded his wings to 

 the fullest but wholly in vain. There was just sufficient 



FIG. 126. WALKING STICK INSECT. 



spread of wing to act as a parachute and allow him to scale 

 safely to the ground. 



We watched him several days and never tired of his pecu- 

 liar walk, swaying from side to side. Often when at rest 

 the front pair of legs would be extended parallel with the 

 antennae, along the anterior line of the body, making the 

 imitation twig eight inches over all (Fig. 126). 



