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They are the largest of the present Bat tribe, some of them measuring neaily 
five feet in expanse of wing. Their popular name is FLYING FOXES, a term 
which has been applied to them on account of the red, fox-like colour of tlic 
fur, and the very vulpine aspect of the head. Although so superior in size 
to the Vampires, the Flying Foxes are not to be dreaded as personal 
enemies, for, unless roughly handled, they are not given to biting animated 
beings. 
But though their attacks are not made directly upon animal life, they arc 
of considerable importance in an indirect point of view, for they are aimed 
against the fruits and other vegetable substances by which animal life is 
sustained. 
I have often seen the Kalong engaged in eating fruit. It would accept a 
slice of apple or pear, while suspended by its hind legs. It then bent its 
head upwards, brought its winged arms forward so as to enclose head and 
in together, and then would devour its meal with a series of snapping 
ites. 
The Kalongs do not seem to care much for dark and retired places of 
abode ; and pass the day, which is their night, suspended from the trunks of 
large trees, preferring those which belong to the fig genus. On these boughs 
they hang in vast numbers, and by an inexperienced observer might rea‘ily 
be taken for bunches of large fruits, so closely and quietly do they hang. 
If disturbed in their repose, they set up a chorus of sharp screams, and 
flutter about in a state of sad bewilderment, their night-loving eyes being 
dazzled by the hateful glare of the sun. 
FELIDE ; 
OR, THE CAT TRIBE, 
THE beautiful animals which are known by the general name of the CAT 
Tribe now engage our attention. 
With the exception of one or two of the enigmatical creatures which are 
found in every group of beings, whether animal, vegetable, or mineral, the 
Cats, or FELID& as they are more learnedly termed, are as distinct an order as 
the monkeys or the bats. Pre-eminently carnivorous in their diet, and destruc- 
trive in their mode of obtaining food, their bodily form is more exquisitely 
adapted to carry out the instincts which are implanted in their nature. 
All the members of the Cat tribe are light, stealthy, and silent of foot, quick 
of ear and eye, and swift of attack. Most of them are possessed of the power 
of climbing trees or rocks, but some few species, such as the LION, are 
devoid of this capability. 
Of the magnificent and noble creatures called LIONS, several species are 
reported to exist, although it is thought by many experienced judges that 
there is really but one species of Lion, which is modified into permanent 
varieties according to the country in which it lives. 
The best known of these species or ‘varieties is the SOUTH AFRICAN LION, 
of whom so many anecdotes have been narrated. 
The colour of the Lion is a tawny yellow, lighter on the under parts of the 
body, and darker above. The ears are blackish, and the tip of the tail is 
decorated with a tuft of black hair. This tuft serves to distinguish the Lion 
from any other member of the Cat tribe. The male Lion, when fully grown, 
is furnished with a thick and shaggy mane of very long hair, which falls from 
the neck, shoulders, and part of the throat and chin, varying in tint according 
