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which are entirely incorrect, as the animal is happy in 

 the lot assigned to it, and would not be if removed 

 therefrom. 



STAR-NOSED MOLE. 



{Astromyctes Cristatus.) 

 This species is about the same size and color as the 

 other, the chief difference being in the shape of the 

 nose. That of the former is rather pointed and cov- 

 ered with hair or bristles. The nose of this species is 

 the shape of a star, or radiating at the point. These 

 animals are found in low wet places, as the banks of 

 creeks. 



THE "bat. 



We now have before us another specimen of natures 

 curious works — a flying animal, for such is the bat. In 

 general appearance they somewhat resemble a mouse. 

 They are a grayish brown color. The fore feet are 

 connected with a thin membranous skin, by means of 

 which it bears itself wherever it pleases. Its hind feet 

 are furnished with hooks, by which it attaches itself 

 to objects and hangs downward most of the day. When 

 evening is beginning to fall it wings its way through 

 the air in a number of evolutions. A cruel experiment 

 was once tried upon a bat to test its sight. One was 

 caught, its eyes put out and then let lose in a large 

 room across which a number of strings were stretched. 

 It flew from one side to the other, back and forth sev- 

 eral times, though it never flew against the strings, 

 proving that they fly by touch almost as much as by 

 sight. 



