146 ON TFIE COCOA-NUT CRAB. 



and I have seen it climbing even to the top of Cocoa- 

 palms and Mangrove-trees, of 20 M. height, so I am 

 quite sure of the fact. I never saw what it was doing 

 there in the top, but according to my experience with my 

 pet, I have no doubt its seeking there young nuts, which 

 it opens and eats." 



Summary: Birgus latro is nocturnal in its habits ; seldom 

 or never it goes into the sea ; it climbs trees. 



Leyden Museum, June 1902. 



Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. XXIll. 



