NATURAL HISTORY. 
flying, or flat-footed crabs, they have the power of 
swimming by means of the flat hinder legs which 
act as fins,—some of the species frequent rocky 
parts of the coast, others the sandy,—they only 
approach the shore at particular seasons. 
CARCINUS. Manas. Malac. Podupth. t. 5, 
Brit. Zool, 4. t. 2. f. 5. (Cancer Manas.) 
Very common.—Lurking under sea weed or 
burrowing in the sand, 
PORTUMNUS. Varieeatus. Malac. Podopth, 
t. 4. Brit. Zool. 4. 4. 1. f. 4. (Cancer 
Latripes.) <A finely mottled species with 
orange colored legs—burrows in the sand and 
may be found in general by digging near low 
water mark, 
CANCER. Pagurus. Malac. Podopth. t. 10. 
Brit. Zool. 4. t. 3. f. 7. The common edible 
species on rocky parts of the coast in deep water. 
It is in season between Christmas and Easter, 
XANTHO. Fioripa. Malac. Podopth. t. 11. 
Lin. Trans. 9. \p...89. t. -2. f. 1. (Cancer 
Fioripa.) Common on rocky parts of our 
coast according to Montagu. 
PILUMNUS. Hirtetyius. Malac. Podopth. 
t. 12. Brit. Zool. 4. 1.6. f. 11. (Cancer 
HirkTELLus.) On the southern coast of Devon 
—Leach, This is frequent on the roeky parts 
of the coast, and may be taken under stones at 
low tide. 
PINNOTERES. Pisum. Malac. Podopth. t. 14. 
f, l.—3. Brit, Zool, 4. t. 1,8 1, (Cancer 
