Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-04-21

Hl;iHl hours nave elapsed Slilcc the AMI
mai left traces behind il. and can con
lecture Very accurately whether the in
tended prey is still within It's residence.
Should the indications be favorable. the
pa'ive proceeds to cut little holes iii the
tr'e in which he thrli>tS his toes and
ilnTer>. and aScends the huge trunk rs
easily Is 4 bricklavcr walks mp a ladder
Having reached the aperture. he
strikes the tree sharply once or twice
with the back of the hatrhrt. 50 AS to
learn by the echo the position Of the
animal within the hollow. He then
rapidly cuts a hole through the tree in
to the cavity, seizeS the concealed Ia
guam by its tail, jerks it out before it
has time to use its claws or teeth, dash
cs it against the tree, and drops it TO
the ground dead. Our common FLYING
squirrel is one of the prettiest of fly
ers. | have seen one land in the water,
swim to Il schooner lying in the stream.
and in Il moment it had reached the
mast head and thrown Itself off. land
ing in the branches of Il tree lj0 feet
away.
1.-The collection is to be complete as
regards Species" he continued. $50
have i number of bats. from the vam-
pire up to the flying fox. and there are
over 400 different kinds altogether.
You often read about the great size of
the vampire. and YOU can always set il
down that the writer Las never seen
one, rs the real vampire is 4 small bat
compared TO some. These blood suck
crs and what are called the lcaf-nosrtl
bats are found mostly east of the An
DIES. The horseshoe bats come from
the Old World. and Il is my purpose Ia
add to the collection all the fossil
bats. A perfect skeleton of one has
quite recently been found in the gyp-
sum of Montmartre. and six or seven
fossil species have been found in the
caves of Brazil. But when You come
to size, n bat-like animal called the
pteronodon has been found in the beds
of the West that had u stretch of wing
thirty feet By actual measurement OF
the bones. Imagine flock of them
flying along darkening the very sun or
moon; but they had no teeth. 50 the pre-
historic man. were he alive then. did
not fear them.
Heres different kind of flyer"
holding up beautifullv-colorcd fish
about Il foot long. "Of course the
colOrS fade when taken from the water,
but have colored this as it appeared "
Its head was blunt. and seemed Ell
cased in armor. two sharp recurving
spineS appearing on each side. Its up
per surface had Il deep crimson tint,
and from its sides sprang two large,
transparent pectoral fins of olive green.
spotted with blue. Two other fins were
violet. hut the former rcscmblcd the
beautiful wings of some gorgeous i'll
sect. and by the skillful work of the
taxidermist had been dried and spread
to their utmost.
"lt's the flying gurnard," he cx-
planned. land it rises out of the water
and moves along, varying from two 10
fifteen feet above the water for POO or
800 yards. and with such force do they
move that as several dashed over the
rail'o man-of- war one struck a sailor
in the forehead. knocking him sprawl
ing on the deck. They are good eating,
and hundreds of men are engaged in
their capture in the Barbados. The
flying fish is entirely different, being
more delicate in every way, and they
seem more adapted for flight. rising like
birds from the sea, the delicate. gauzc-
like fins iluttering Is they rush away
over the waves. turning in curves and
circles, showing beyond all dispute that
they have the power of guiding them
selves through the air as well rs water.
Here's Il spider of the genus I.y-
cosas. that might be called y flyer.
it clcvatcs its body in the air and spins
n delicate thread that rises into the air,
and finally the wind takes it. and of
the spider moves, flying through the
air. Thousands of these were seen Is:
Providence in the last summer.
ELEVATED methods of transit are
spreading even among the animals.
There's one flying animal l haven't got
the flying frog. 1t looks much like a
common tree frog. but the feet are
webbed, and wher / springs from Il
high tree the web serves exactly as does
the membrane between the legs of the
graceful curve, AMI alighting easily on
q tree several hundred feet away. The
East India archipelago and New Hol.
land are noted for their peculiar ami.
mails, all of which, especially those
from the latter, are strikingly different
from those in other parts of the world.
The latest and perhaps most striking
flyer in this collection is a lizard from
Borneo-a repulsivc creature of a bright
green color. Under its forelegs is 4
curious wing-like membrane of a russell
brown color that supported it in its
flights. 1t was the striped dragon or
draco."-N Y. Sun.