Chelonia dæ (SEA TURTLES)

Family of Chelonia, having flat carapace and often cartilaginous plastron between which the flipper-like feet and huge head cannot be retracted. There are no nails or separate toes, and the fore feet are much the larger. The Green Turtle ( Chelone mid as ) is much esteemed as food, with its eggs. It lives in or near the Gulf Stream, feeds on the roots of eelgra ( Zoster a ), comes ashore at night, during May, and lays nearly 100 eggs, which hatch in six weeks; the laying is usually repeated several times every two weeks, near the first nest. This Turtle may attain a weight of over 800 IMG:content-0843.png:[graphic] Hawk's Bill Turtle ( Chelone imbricata ). lbs. The Logger-head Turtle, so-called from its huge head and neck, ranges from Brazil to Ma ., attains a weight half that of the Green Turtle, and feeds on fish, crustacea, conchs, etc. The Hawk's Bill ( Eretmochelys ) has pointed imbricated plates that supply the "Tortoise Shell" of commerce.