...in the jungle near Cliilaw, and brought to me in Colombo. I had always understood that the pengolin was unable to climb trees ; but the one last mentioned...its round and glutinous tongue along their tracks. In both, the scales of the back Avere a cream-coloured white, with a tinge of red in the specimen which...

...in the jungle near Chilaw, and brought to me in Colombo. I had always understood that the pengolin was unable to climb trees ; but the one last mentioned...ascended a tree in my garden, in search of ants, and tliis it effected by means of its hooked feet, aided by an oblique grasp of the tail. The ants it seized...

...pengolin was unable to climb trees ; but the one last mentioned frequently as_,.. THE PENOOLIN. cended a tree in my garden, in search of ants ; and this...its round and glutinous tongue along their tracks ; and in the stomach of one which was opened after death, I found a quantity of small stones and gravel,...

...in the jungle near Chilaw, and brought to me in Colombo. I had always understood that the Pengolin was unable to climb trees, but the one last mentioned...during the day, and grew restless as evening and night approached." THE manis affords a curious example of scale-armour formed by nature, and a still more...

...in the jungle near Chilaw, and brought to me in Colombo. I had always understood that the Pengolin was unable to climb trees, but the one last mentioned...grasp of the tail. The ants it seized by extending .Ats round and glutinous tongue along their tracks. Generally speaking, they were quiet during the...