262 THE HAUNTS OF LIFE 
flight on an idea of its own. Like all other 
parachutists, except the Flying Fishes, it lives 
in trees, and it is able to take daring leaps from 
one to the other. It has five of its ribs much 
Fic. 32.—Tue Littte Fryinc Dracon (Draco voLans) 
oF Manay. 
Note the Pendent Pouch (P) on its Throat, and the 
Extended Ribs (R) supporting the Parachute. 
elongated and very movable, and they carry 
out between them a sheet of skin. When the 
little dragon (Draco, its name) is resting we do 
not notice much that is peculiar, for the long 
ribs fold in and lie parallel with the backbone, 
