2f)2 



VERTEBEATE AXT^FALS. 



slidiilder-blade ia plaoeil I'nxlde tlic I'ilw instead of outside, as is 

 usually tlie case. 



The Chelojiia are conveniently divided into groups, according as 

 the limbs are adajjted for swimming (natatory), or for progression 

 on land (terrestrial) ; or, again, enalile the animal to lead an am]jhib- 

 ious life, S(jmetimes on land anil sometimes in the water. Of the 



strictly aipiatic forms the best known are the edible (b'een Turtle 

 (I'hdime nii/il'ts) and tlie J lawk's-bill Turtle {(7ir/,iii,- iinlin'rKtit). 

 The former is found abujidaully iu many of the seas of warm 

 cliiuati-s, and is largely imported into Eurojie .'is a delicacy. The 

 latter (Kg. ]M7) is truly a n.-iti\-e of warm seas, though an occasional 

 str.iggh'i- h.is reached P.iKaiu. It is of com|iaratively small size — 

 not more (haii about three feet in length— but is of consideral.ile 



