104 An Introduction to Zoology. 



7. Of Crustacea our series is also good. 



8. In Ichthyology we possess only a few skeletons of fishes, about fifty 

 preparations in spirits, and a few stuffed specimens. 



9. In Erpetology we possess both skeletons and stuffed specimens of 

 crocodiles,* and otlier saurians. Our series of chameleons is nearly com- 

 plete, wanting only two species ; and of the testudinata we possess twenty 

 or thirty species. In the whole of this department our collections are very 

 unusually rich for a provincial museum. 



10. In Ornithology we possess about one thousand stuffed species, and 

 nearly forty skeletons, including eagle, ostrich, cassowary, wild swan, &c. 

 We are very rich in foreign species, especially in the brilliant varieties of 

 the tropics. 



11. In Mammalogy our collections exceed one hundred stuffed specimens, 

 including very many of the foreign carnivora. We have also near fifty 

 skeletons, including lion, tiger, and several others. Of the elephant we 

 possess three skulls, in one of which the tusks are replaced by exact 

 models, formed from the originals. 



We believe that the present article will be the means of making much 

 more extensively known than previously, even among the inhabitants of 

 our own city, the nature and extent of the stores of natural history placed 

 at their disposal by our institution ; and it will probably be the first means 

 of making more widely known, beyond our own immediate neighbourhood, 

 particulars so highly creditable to the zeal and spirit of our citizens, who 

 have in so short a period, (not exceeding ten years,) laid so deeply and 

 widely the foundations of a museum, which will very shortly leave the 

 zoological student but little to desire. Most proud and happy shall we be, 

 if our humble labours may in any way tend to advance its interests, or ex- 

 tend its efficacy. Nothing will gratify us more than to see our friends ex- 

 amining its stores, with our little manuals in their hands ; thus illustrating 

 our brief sketches by a full examination of the natural objects to which 

 they refer, and bringing to that survey the knowledge of the general prin- 

 ciples of the science, which it has been our aim to communicate. 



* We have also a specimen of the crocodilus suchus ; being an Egj'ptian mummy of 

 the animal, presented by Lord Mountnorris. 



