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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 clazz, loud, harsh, and abrupt... . 
The stomachs of these contained a few small shells, Zuréo and 
Nerita ; two which Robinson dissected contained ‘a kind of Corzz- 
ammonis, probably Planorbis.” 
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. Volk Vi pl? 354. 
