THE ROBBER -CRAB OF ORIENTAL ISLAND JUNGLES. 



Fig. 6. — Male of the Robber-crab (^Birgus latro)^ about one-sixth the natural 

 size. The small and slender fifth pair of legs are tucked up, out of sight, in the 

 branchial chambers. The specimen from which the drawing was made weighed 

 nearly six pounds. It is in a conventional attitude. 



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