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bers the musty-fusty "specimens" 

 one sees in the " naturalists' " shops; 

 or one has vague ideas of Egyptian 

 mummies, and incomprehensible 

 catalogues; and museums are apt 

 to be given a wide berth. 



But that handsome building in 

 the Cromwell Road is a sort of 

 fairy-land. The most lively spirit 

 could not deem it dull. Enter it, 

 my friend, if you live in London ; 

 or if visiting there, you can plan 

 out a leisure hour. I will be bound 

 that going once, you will go there 

 again, provided you are possessed 

 of the average amount of brains 

 and of eyesight There, at any 

 rate, you will gather some dim idea 

 of what the Humming-bird may be. 

 Here is the nootka, a native of 

 Mexico, a mite about two inches- 

 long. The upper parts of the body 

 is of a clear, shining green; a 

 large patch of topaz-like red covers 

 the breast, bordered by a band of 



