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NATURAL HISTOEY. 



and silky. In tlie island of Madagascar, where these an- 

 imals most abound, there are no monkeys. In Fig. 18 



Fig. 18 Ruffled Lemur. 



you have the RuflBled Lemur of this island. In the Grace- 

 ful Loris, Fig. 1 9, you have a Lemur that is found in In- 

 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 

 J^ its victim, when it gets 

 v'i?i^, 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. 



5Y. 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 



Fig. 19. — Graceful Loris, 



