| Show how a chameleon Ch amelon upon a crimson cloth the ch amelon becomes almost crimson move it upon a gray surface and the bright tints will quickly subside but at night whether disturbed or not it invariably assumes its palest tints two which 1 caught in the cape town garden which were of a very brilliant metallic green were splendidly decorated on the back or sides sometimes and sometimes lengthwise were slashes of red the markings vary in the individuals the crest and decorations on the head and back are like fretwork the whole body and limbs are dotted with very fine warts or tubercles tub ercles like and when angry all these distinctive features are exaggerated the gills and crest are swelled and the skin of the chin is puffed out so as to show white et while the creature opens its mouth wide displaying the yellow fleshy interior and closing its teeth on your finger should you it to do to cor forest and stream |
