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addition to those exhibited in the ' Vega ' collection, are 

 Ciceronia pusUla from St. Paul's Island, Alaska, and the 

 Whiskered Auk and the Black-throated Guillemot from 

 Copper Island, Kamtschatka, collected by Mr. L. Stejneger. 

 Besides the mounted birds there are some hundreds of 

 skins in boxes, accessible to ornithologists on application to 

 Mr. Goode ; and attached to this section will be found Captain 

 Collins, well known by name to all readers of the ' Nuttall 

 Bulletin,' who probably knows more about the distribution 

 and the habits of sea-birds on the eastern coasts of North 

 America than all the rest of the ornithological brotherhood 

 together. 



There are some handsome cases of bij'ds in the Canadian 

 department, the most remarkable object being, perhaps, a 

 downy nestling of the Great Northern Diver ; and in the 

 Norwegian section are some fine and well-mounted specimens 

 of Ducks, Gulls, and Divers. Newfoundland has a large 

 group of a similar character, the most interesting bird being 

 a young male of the King Eider in its second year's plu- 

 mage — a stage rarely met with ; and there is a fine case of 

 Grouse lent by Capt. W. R. Kennedy, R.N. The Bahamas 

 also send a showy case of Gulls, Terns^ Herons, Bitterns, 

 Flamingos, &c. 



Australia is well represented ; and amongst other species 

 are : — the remarkable Musk-Duck {B'lziura lobata), which 

 Mr. E. P. Ramsay declares to be as destructive to fish as any 

 Cormorant; Podiceps australis and P. novce-hollandiee, the 

 closely allied representatives of our P.rubricollis ; the dusky 

 Mutton-bird {Puffinus brevicaudus) , with a small hind toe as 

 sharp as a spur ; the Australian form of the Gull- billed Tern, 

 to which Gould gave the name of Sterna macrotarsa, but 

 which is rather characterized by the size of the bill, and of 

 which the breeding-grounds in Australia have but recently 

 been discovered ; and a fine scries of Herons, Grebes, &c. A 

 smaller but well-chosen collection represents Tasmania. 

 In the Indian section are six large cases of closely grouped 

 birds, mounted by Burton and Sons, from the Victoria and 

 Albert Museum, Bombay ; and on a table are some loose 



