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apart, leading to the supposition tliat, by some arrangement of the sockets of the 

 teeth, they could be moved so far without breaking. The haikay brings forth one 

 at a birth, in which the long claw is fully developed." 



It has been observed that captive aye-ayes are very partial to the juice of 

 the sugar-cane, which they obtain by ripping up the canes with their front teeth ; 

 and since sugar-cane grows wild in Madaga.scar, we may infer that its juice foiins 

 a part of the food of these animals in their wild state. It is, therefore, probable that 

 the diet of the aye-aye is a mixed one, consisting partly of grubs, partly of the 

 juices of plants, partly of frait ; but whether birds or their eggs also fonn a part 

 of the bill of fare must be left for future observers to determine. The favourite 

 haunts of these animals appear to be the bamboo-brakes, which form such a large 

 poi-tion of the forests in some regions of the island. 



THE TARSIER ACCORDING TO uUiuxiiiKD. (From The Cruise of the ilarchesa.) 



