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The Bird 



We should scarcely think that those watery creatures 

 sea-aiiemones, hydroids, and jelly-fish (some of the latter 



Fig. 111. — Caterpillar. 



consisting of over 95 per cent water) could afford much 

 nourishment to any animal, and when crows and gulls 

 are seen tearing large stranded jellies into pieces, it is 



Fig. 112. — Cocoon. 



probably only for the sake of the somi-parasitic shrimps 

 which make their home in the interior canals of the 



