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NATURAL HISTOEY. 



Fig. 23.— Kalong Bat. 



island of Java, called the Kalong Bat. Its wings expand 

 to the extent of five feet. Its head is like that of a fox, 

 as you see in Fig. 23. This animal belongs to that divi- 

 sion of bats vchich 

 live principally on 

 fruits. They live, 

 like monkeys, in 

 troops on trees. — 

 The division is a 

 small one com- 

 pared with the in- 

 sect-eating bats. — 

 Their wings are by 

 no means as extens- 

 ive in proportion 

 to the size of the 

 body, and they 

 therefore fly more slowly, not needing the swift flight of 

 the other division, as they catch no insects. As their eyes 

 are large, they have not, probably, the sensitiveness in their 

 wings which is so characteristic of the insect-eating bats. 



Questions. — What tribe are the Pedimana? "What is'the name 

 usually given to them ? State the reasons for the change of name. 

 Give the substance of the note in regard to classification. What are 

 the three divisions of the Pedimana ? What are the three divisions 

 of the Simiadse 1 What is said of the Chimpanzee ? Of the Orang- 

 outang ? Of the Agile Gibbon ? Of the EnteUus ? Of the Probos- 

 cis Monkey f What is said of the baboons ? Describe the Mandrill. 

 State the differences between the American monkeys and those of the 

 Old World. What is an arboreal animal ? What is said of the Co- 

 aita Spider Monkey? Of the Marmosets? Of the Howling Mon- 

 keys ? Describe the Lemurs and their habits. Where ai-e they chief- 

 ly found? What is said of the Graceful Loris? Of the Flying Le- 

 mur? Describe the flying apparatus of the Cheiroptera. How does 

 its frame-work compare with that of the hand and arm of man ? 

 What. is said of the power of this apparatus ? What are the habits of 

 bats? What is said of their senses? Give the experiment of Spal- 

 lanzani. How do bats pass the winter in temperate climates ? What 

 is said of the Vampire Bat ? What of the Kalong Bat ? 



