. Dwellers of the sea and shore . FEMALE FIDDLER CRAB. THE DARK MASS ON HER ABDOMEN IS A BROOD OF EGGS AND IS KNOWN AS THE "; female, and her jar is kept nice and fresh by the addition of a frond of sea lettuce. A cool, well-lighted place at a north wnndow insures results more nearly approaching those under natural conditions. In the meantime a closer inspection of the animals may be profitable. It w^as pointed out in an earlier chapter that the true crabs, or brachyurans, in contradistinction to the lob-

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