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Jerdon states that "a few in the vicinity of the 

 Jaroe rivers or creeks, follow vessels and hunt with the 

 gulls and the terns." 



I have often seen them at the mouth of the 

 Kiver Cooum at Madras squabbling with the gulls 

 over fish cast away by the fisherfolk. 



Some of the crows that dwell by the sea pick up a 

 living on the sands, and their modus operandi is worth 

 noticing. There lives in the sand a little crab. He is 

 built for sprinting, having long legs and a light slender 

 body. Notwith- 

 standing the fact 

 that he, as do all his 

 tribe, progresses 



