IN FEATHERS AND FUR. 
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His name is Gecko, and he gets it from a singular noise which 
he makes. It is as near like the noise you make to a horse, to 
start him off, as anything, and it isn't a spellable word. ' 
This picture is the Wall Gecko and is supposed to be a de- 
scendant of those who lived ages ago in Greece and caught spiders 
on the walls in the days of Aristotle. 
(See if you can find out who he was, and what he did in the 
world that his name should be remembered so long.) 
The Wall Gecko is of a gray color, so near the color of the 
ground that when lying in wait for his food, he can scarcely be 
seen. 
This is not the only relative of our pretty little fellow with a 
long tongue. In fact, he has plenty of relatives, for he belongs to 
the family of Saurians> which includes Lizards, Crocodiles, Alliga- 
tors, and I don't know what all. But I'll only show you one more 
of the family — the Iguana. 
