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Title: Little folks in feathers and fur, and others in neither
Year: 1875 (1870s)
Authors: (Miller, Harriet (Mann) Mrs.), 1831- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Zoology
Publisher: Hartford, Conn., Dustin, Gilman & co. Cincinnati, Ohio, Queen city publishing co. (etc., etc.)
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asks to be let alone, to live on old walls or rocks, and catchthe insects and spiders he wants to eat. IN FEATHERS AND FUR. 57 His name is Gecko, and he gets it from a singular noise whichhe makes. It is as near like the noise you make to a horse, tostart him off, as anything, and it isnt 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 spiderson the walls in the days of Aristotle. (See if you can find out who he was, and what he did in theworld that his name should be remembered so long.) The Wall Gecko is of a gray color, so near the color of theground that when lying in wait for his food, he can scarcely beseen. This is not the only relative of our pretty little fellow with along tongue. In fact, he has plenty of relatives, for he belongs tothe family of Saurians> which includes Lizards, Crocodiles, Alliga-tors, and I dont know what all. But Ill only show you one moreof the family—the Iguana.
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58 LITTLE FOLKS Speaking of beauty, I dont think this fellow has much toboast of; to tell the truth, Im perfectly willing he should live inBrazil. He is gentle and harmless, and his flesh is very nice in a stewor a roast. He has a sort of crest, running from his head to theend of his tail, and he is covered with small scales. But the oddest thing about him, is the bag or pouch whichhangs from his chin. Some travelers say that when he is angryor excited, that pouch puffs out quite large—but others deny it—and when naturalists themselves disagree, stay-at-homes—like youand me—cant expect to know which is the truth. Some Iguanas live in trees, but come down to the sea shoreto deposit their eggs in the warm sand. These eggs are not hardlike a hens, but soft like leather, and of a light yellow color, aboutthe size of a pigeons egg. When the baby Iguana comes out ofthe shell, it is about four inches long. The most useful thing an Iguana has, is his tail. It is morethan twice as long

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