280 FIRST LESSONS IN ZOOLOGY 



a peculiar device as the long neck of the giraffe or the 

 fishing-pouch of the peHcan our attention is specially at- 

 tracted, and we are likely to consider such cases unusual 

 and exceptional. But they are not exceptional, they are 

 simply unusual and unfamiliar and specially conspicuous. 

 All animals, including all those we know best, have 

 special means of food-getting and protection, and many 

 of them, particularly the insects and birds, have just as 

 unusual and just as wonderful and interesting devices 

 as any mentioned in the preceding paragraphs. Let 

 each pupil observe carefully and thoughtfully the ani- 

 mals familiar and accessible to him, remembering that 

 smallness does not at all mean lack of wonderful and 

 interesting structures and habits. Let each make a list 

 from personal observation of the special devices and 

 habits for getting food and for protection possessed by 

 the animals he knows. 



