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of other species are devoured by them when left unprotected. They do not dive, but rest 
lightly upon the water, and rise easily from its surface. 
A second species of 2'achypetes, T. palmer stonii, is admitted by some authors and denied by 
others. 
List of specimens. 
Sex. 
Locality. 
Whence obtained. 
Orig. Collected by — 
No. 
Stretch 
of wings. 
Wing. 
Florida 
3 
Q 
do 
Cab. G. N. Lawrence 
1027 i J. J. Audubon 
1028 do 
38.00 
25.00 
1 
