. Elements of zoology, or, Natural history of animals / ed. by Reese. Zoology. 58 ZOOLOGY. lemur, and flying-opossum. None of these animals can really/??/, like bats and birds. 68. We see in the bats a very inter sting modification of the whole character of the mammal, to enable it to lc ad the life of a bird, just as in the whale tribe we see a similar adaptation to the life of a fish. The insectivorous bats bear a strong analogy to the swallow, in the character of the food itself, as in the mode in which they obtain it -—by the rapid pursuit of insects on the wing ; the chief. Skeleton
. Elements of zoology, or, Natural history of animals / ed. by Reese. Zoology. 58 ZOOLOGY. lemur, and flying-opossum. None of these animals can really/??/, like bats and birds. 68. We see in the bats a very inter sting modification of the whole character of the mammal, to enable it to lc ad the life of a bird, just as in the whale tribe we see a similar adaptation to the life of a fish. The insectivorous bats bear a strong analogy to the swallow, in the character of the food itself, as in the mode in which they obtain it -—by the rapid pursuit of insects on the wing ; the chief. Skeleton of Bat. difference in habit being the time at which they respec- tively go forth in search of their prey. "No sooner does the diurnal family of swallows retire to rest, and with them those particular tribes of insects upon which they feed, and which fly only during the day, than those twi- light wanderers, the goatsuckers and the bats, emerge from their dark retreats ; at the same time a host of noc- 105. What of their habits t. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reese, David Meredith, 1800-1861. New York : A. S. Barnes
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