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various other kinds of undergrowth, with a tall, bright-green, 

 ribbon-like grass. As I pushed my way into this, a shower of 

 grasshoppers arose, making off in every direction; by accident, 

 however, I discovered that two species did not resort to this 

 mode of escape. One of these was of a shade of green that nearly 

 matched the grass in question; the other, larger, was about the 

 shade of the grass after it was dead and dried by the sun. They 

 both had about the same form ; the head wqs long and pointed in 

 front, its apparent length increased by the insect bringing its 

 antennae together and sticking them out straight forward. Be- 

 hind, the wrinkled wings trailed out to a sharp point, like the 

 pointed extremities of the grass blades, and the heavy pair of 

 limbs that spring from the metathorax were long and slender, 

 so as to assist it in the deception. These insects, upon being 

 alarmed, instead of taking to flight as the other varieties did, 

 simply, and with marked deliberation, shuffled down backward 

 to the pointed end of one of the leaves upon which it was resting 

 at the time, and quietly hung there, where it demanded a pretty 

 sharp pair of eyes to detect them, particularly if a breeze kept 

 the grass in motion at the time. 



Chameleons placed in alcohol for preservation change in all 

 manners of ways; the larger share of the green usually disappears, 

 the under parts often becoming so mottled as to mask the white 

 entirely; it commonly brings out in strong relief the longitudinal 

 stripes on the gular space; the mottling on the upper parts is 

 likewise made far more evident than in the living reptile. The 

 iris of Anolis, during life, is of a bright hazel, with a perfectly 

 round pupil. When taken in the hand, they generally throw the 

 jaws apart, and viciously seize any part of that member that may 

 come within their reach. The bite of the larger specimens is 

 quite a severe little nip, but I have never seen a case where their 

 delicate teeth could inflict a wound of sufficient depth, so as to 

 bring the blood. They will hang on for a long time, longer 

 usually than our patience will hold out, and it generally results 

 in our detaching them by the free hand. No doubt, as trifling as 

 this bite may be, it often saves the life of our chameleon, as the 

 unsuspicious, or children who pick them up out of curiosity's 

 sake, upon being suddenly pinched in that way, are very apt to 

 involuntarily wring the hand until the lizard looses its hold and 

 promptly makes its escape in the grass or elsewhere. 



During the morning hours, among the trees, the chameleons 



