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little elevated. Now and then it lifted one foot, and held it dangling 

 behind the other for a few seconds. Once or twice I saw it pick at 

 the floor, and probably it took a small insect. Its cry, which was 

 uttered once or twice, was a short clank, loud, harsh, and abrupt. . . . 

 The stomachs of these contained a few small shells, Turbo and 

 Nerita ; two which Robinson dissected contained ' a kind of Coriiu- 

 ammonisl probably Plaiwrbis." 



Wilson states that the legs are " exceedingly thin, and so flexible 

 that they may be bent considerably without danger of breaking." 

 In this he is wrong, as the legs, although very slender, are firm and 

 strong. 



Fig. Aud. Bds. N. A., Vol. VI. pi. 354. 



