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sideways, he is a swift runner. He appears to rely 

 solely on his pace to secure his food. He makes for 

 himself a burrow at the mouth of which he waits for 

 his prey, which seems to consist of insects and small 

 Crustacea. When he espies one of these he makes a 

 dash for it and seldom fails to catch it. If there 

 appears to be no danger threatening he often ventures 

 far from his hole. This is the chance for which a 

 crow near by has been waiting, since the bird esteems 

 this crab very highly as a table dish. He sees that 

 his victim is far from home so makes a dash for him 

 in hopes of grabbing him before he can regain the 

 burrow . Whenever you see a crow running about on 

 the sands as fast as his legs can carry him, twisting, 

 turning and doubling, you may know that the crow^ 

 is chasing one of these crabs. More often than not 

 the crustacean appears to escape, but if he be 

 caught he is not kept long in suspense as to his 

 fate, for within two seconds he is comfortably stowed 

 away inside the crow. 



When these birds grow 

 tired of chasing crabs they 

 descend to the very edge 

 of the water and dig out 



