The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-18
ODD ANIMALS THAT
 FLY THROUGH AIR Real Dragons Found in the MaIayan Archipelago FROG USES FEET FOR WINGS Squirrels With Parachutes That De- light In Aerial Navigatlon-Flying Foxes That Stay Out All
 Night.
FROG USES FEET FOR WINGS

From the New York Sun
 "one of the most interesting orders, and at the same time one of the most difficult to fill, that I ever received" said the na- tural history collector, "was for a collec- ton of winged or flying animals other than insects or birds. In filling this order I was compelled to travel over a good part of the world.
 While in prehistoric times flying ani- mals especially reptiles. were numerous. the same is not true of historical times. The collection when made was not ex- tensive, but it was very interesting.
 "One of the queerest flying animals is the dragon of the Malayan Archipelago. This reptile, which looks a little like the dragon of fable, is fitted with loose folds of skin on its sides which can be extended outward by means of false ribs and thus support the animal in its flight.
 q was collecting insects in the forest one day when I saw beautiful butterfly alight upon a branch. Climbing the tree and crawling slowly out long the branch, I was almost near enough to cast my net dAOdAo ilp NilSii Sddutiiiy ucdlQ d Wiili in the air and looking up quickly saw a dragon with outstretched wings aiming. as I thought. straight at me.
 'The sight of the remarkable and for bidding animal so close upon me unnerved me for a moment and I nearly fell from the tree. With graceful bend he alight- ed on the branch close to the butterfly. and before it could take wing had seized and devoured it.
 T had regained my courage by this time and as the butterfly was gone be- yond recall concluded to capture its cap tor and threw my collecting net over the dragons head Although quite a flimsy affair, it sufficiently hampered the anil malls movements so that I was enabled to get it safely to the ground, where I se- cured 1t with twine until I could manu- faeture cage for 1t.
 Flying Frogs.
 "I also ran across a frog able to fly, the only batrachian that can do so. The animal had immense feet, spread out they covered a larger area than the rest of its body.
 '"Thanks to this parachutelke attach ment the frog was able to fit from branch to branch and bounce without difficulty on the small insects which formed it's food. It was very pretty little beast, bright green on the back and orange colored underneath, dotted with black or blue spots.
 "The colugo or flying lemur, is half way between the lemurs and the bats. The flying frame of the animal is immense, spreading out like the ribs of an um- hrella from the neck to the extremity of the body Practically the whole body, with the exception of the head, is webbed.
 "The animal is exceedingly active, dart ing to the topmost branches of trees, thence launching itself into space. clearing hundreds of feet in it's flight, passing with ease from tree to tree, crossing wide streams and even broad valleys in its aerial flight. It is a rather difficult ob- ject to find as 1t is nocturnal in it's habits, in the daytime banding together in large numbers under the leafy branches. It is found only in Sumatra, Borneo and Ma lacca.
 "One of the prettiest of the class of flying animals is the flying squirrel This little animal is fitted with a. membrane reaching from the fore to the hind limbs and extending to the wrists of the limbs.
 ''They are exceedingly lively and seem to extract much enjoyment from their flights, and In places where they are