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hooked feet at the hinder extremity of the long, pointed body. A little behind the head is a pair 
of longer limbs ending in an enormously swollen “ hand,” which is larger than the head, and reminds 
you strongly of a boxer with the gloves on. Their movements, as they sprawl over the coralline 
branches, and throw these big hands about, are suggestive of comic business, and though you know 
better, you feel that they are performing solely for your amusement. If you consult a carcinologist 
about this strange creature, he will tell you that almost the entire length of its drawn-out body consists 
of head and chest (thorax), and that the hind-body or abdomen is represented solely by the almost 
imperceptible last joint. 
Isls CINIESWSID WES 
BY SIR HARRY JOHNSTON, G.C.M.G. 
TuE Ibises are a very interesting group of stork-like birds which, no doubt, represent pretty nearly 
the original stock from which 
were evolved in course of time 
the storks and herons, as well 
as the closely-allied spoonbills, 
and there may even be some 
affinity between the Ibises and 
that vast assemblage of wading 
birds, the plovers, curlews, 
snipe, and stilts. The Ibises 
are literally of world-wide dis- 
tribution, except that they are 
absent from the cold regions 
of Europe, Asia, and North 
America. Otherwise, they in- 
habit the Americas from Cali- 
fornia and Florida to the very 
extremity of Tierra del Fuego. 
At one time they even fre- 
[Bu 7. Carreras. quented England, and were 
A blind deep-sea shrimp from the West Indies The pincers of the right “hand” snowed ta caahy 1Bagisn es 
are as long as the shrimp’s body and fitted with long rake-like teeth. It is believed ra Livers,” having thus given 
that when almost buried in sand or mud the shrimp sweeps the surface with this their name to the great city 
rake and so obtains its food. 
A SHRIMP WITH A RAKE, 
and port of Liverpool, to say 
nothing of the numerous Livermeres and Liversedges scattered about England. The same species 
—the Glossy Ibis—still frequents Holland and is a common bird throughout Southern Europe. 
A large and handsome Ibis is found in China, and is very like in appearance a large grey Ibis 
found on the coasts of Mexico. The Sacred Ibis of Tropical Africa is famous for its association 
with the ancient Egyptians, and from its very effective colouring of inky black and snowy white. 
Ibises are found’ nearly all over Australia; they are not even absent from New Zealand, or from 
many oceanic islands in tropical seas. 
One of the handsomest of this tribe of beautiful birds (which, it must be remembered, includes 
the vivid Scarlet Ibis of South America) is the Crested Ibis, peculiar to Madagascar. It may be 
seen by my illustration (which is drawn from a very fine specimen of this bird at Stuttgart) that 
the coloration is rich and peculiar, the beak being a shining beryl-green, the crest glossy black- 
green and creamy white, and the silky plumage of the body and wings a charming contrast of 
cinnamon-brown and pure white, whilst there is an effect of vivid coral-red brought into the scheme 
