38 NATURAL HISTORY. 
and silky. In the island of Madagascar, where these an- 
imals most abound, there are no monkeys. In Fig. 18 
PES BAG. 
Fig. 18.—Ruffled Lemur. 
you have the Ruffled Lemur of this island. In the Grace- 
ful Loris, Fig. 19, you have a Lemur that is found in In- 
a) 
Fig. 19.—Graceful Loris. 
dia and Ceylon. It is 
very skillful in cap- 
turing birds, which it 
does in the night, 
when they are asleep. 
Slowly and noiseless- 
ly advancing toward 
. its victim, when it gets 
within reach of it, the 
* Loris puts its hand to- 
ward it with a motion 
so slow as to be al- 
most imperceptible, 
and then, with a motion quicker than sight can follow, it 
seizes its prey. 
57. I will notice but one more species of the Lemurs. 
It is one whose skin is extended in a fold, like that of 
the Flying Squirrel, between its anterior and posterior 
