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YESTERDAY (March 19) I witnessed an interesting instance of the capacity of quite small waterfowl to carry aquatic molluscs of considerable size. A pheasant-tailed Jaçaná (Hydrophasianus chirurgus), which was at large, with partially clipped wings, on the tank in the Museum grounds, had attached to one of its feet a fresh-water mussel well over an inch long, which remained there for about an hour and a half to my knowledge.
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FINN, F. Transport of Molluscs by Waterfowl. Nature 65, 534 (1902). https://doi.org/10.1038/065534a0
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