FOOD OF THE TURTLE. 



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utters loud shrieks, or cries, that may be heard at a consider- 

 able distance — a power which, in an inferior degree, seems to 

 belong to most of the fluviatile and marine chelonians. 



The turtles generally live on marine plants, but the Caouana, 

 or Loggerhead (Ghelonia caouana), 

 and the Hawksbill ((7. irahricata), 

 feed on crustaceans and cuttle-fish, 

 which they can easily crush in their 

 strong, horny beak. The Caouana 

 and the Coriaceous turtles are fre- 

 quently found in the Mediterranean, 

 and on the coasts of South America 

 and Africa. Both are of no commercial importance ; their shell 

 is almost useless, and their flesh, which, like that of the alligator, 

 exhales a strong smell of musk, is extremely coarse and ill 

 flavoured. 



LOGGEilHEAD. 



