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There are, besides, from Galway Bay, a Sunfish and Spiny 

 Shark. The Sunfish uses its dorsal and anal fins in progression 

 (as some other fishes do). 



The Museum shows some good-sized invertebrates from the 

 neighbouring bay, amongst these a Maja squinado, a Palinutus 

 and a Starfish are the most conspicuous. The Starfishes, 

 indeed, deserve a prominent place in any museum, and they 

 have got it here. The Echinoderm case contains the modern 

 groups with drawings and dissections. The Sea-Urchin is 

 shown in vertical and horizontal section, so that the internal 

 anatomy is understood at a glance. Tunicates, Bryozoa, 

 Cuttlefish, and Worms are placed in the same vertical case, 

 whilst the horizontal cases are set apart for the general 

 collection of Mollusca. 



Small vertical cases have been erected on some of the 

 horizontal ones. These contain varieties of the Maims skeleton 

 (No. 1) ; Skeleton of pes (No. 2) ; glass models of Protozoa 

 (No. 3) ; Insects and their development (No. 4) ; Insects, 

 mimicry (No. 5); Crustacea, anatomy (No. 6). 



One collection of insects shows many of those dangerous to 

 crops, others are of systematic value. Typical collections of 

 moths and butterflies, and examples of mimicry may be 

 mentioned. 



Metropolitan museum authorities have sought to give a 

 natural character to their collections, which one seeks for in vain 

 amongst the average stuffed animals with their sleepless eyes 

 and too cowering or too rigid pose. The example so well 

 set has been followed here. 



One case represents a tug-of-war between an owl and a 

 Stoat, the rope is represented by a rat. Another shows the 

 Platypus at home with the avenues to his burrow by water and 

 land ; a third shows a Peregrine and a slain Rabbit ; a fourth — 

 a number of water birds with scenery ; a fifth— the Hornbill at 

 home ; a sixth — a Fox interested in a Woodcock ; a seventh — 

 an owl giving portions of a dead bird to its young ; an eighth — 

 a Stoat with water birds, water, a Dace, and a water-beetle ; 

 a ninth — a spider with a humming bird in his clutches. 



Passing over the models of fungi, dangerous and harmless, 

 one may note the models of the stomachof an ox, the brain and 



