FIDDLER- 



CRABS AND THEIR 

 DIFFERENCES. 



IMMODERATE 



Fig. 28. — Female of the Fiddler-Crab of the Godavari and Kistna 

 mud-flats {Gelasimus anniilipes). Both the chelipeds are small, and are 

 used only in feeding. 



Fig. 29. — Male Fi idler-Crab {Gelasitnns amiuUpes\ of the Godavari 

 and Kistna mud-flats. One of the chelipeds is enormously enlarged, and 

 has the " hand " brilliantly coloured, so as to be at once a weapon and an 

 ornament in the prolonged and savage tournaments in which these little 

 creatures engage to win the favour of the opposite sex. 



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