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usually placed in the animal kingdom, and erected into a distinct class of radiata, called Porifera, analogous in 

 some respects to the zoophyta. What is seen here is, however, only the skeleton of the living being, which is 

 but a thin gelatinous substance. 



CASE 37. 



Palaemons... Prawns or Shrimps. ^.Galatheidae, a group of Crustaceans. 

 Window Case. Woods. 



CASE 38. 



Corals and Sponges.. ..Notice the Sea Mushroom. 



It has a beautiful stony cell, consisting of a thick round plate several inches in diameter, with numerous thin 

 vertical plates rising from it, and radiating from its centre. 



The Brain-stone, so called from its resemblance to the human brain. 

 Some of the coral reefs are known to be one thousand miles long and more than three hundred broad. 



CASE 39. 



Crustacea... Dromidise, &c. 



CASE 40. 



Crustacea. ..Ocypodes, &c. 



NORTH SIDE OP THE HALL. 



CASE 41. 



Fishes. ..Abranchiates, &c. 



CASE 42. 



Crabs. 



Window Case. Plaster cast of Old Sarum, Wiltshire, England. ...Relics from Nicaragua. 



The small figure representing an animal couchant was regarded with great veneration by the Indians. See 

 page 19. 



CASE 43. 



Exotic Birds. 



CASE 44. 



Fishes, Bonaparte Collection. 



Window Case. Stone Sphynx from Egypt, presented to E. DeLeon, Consul General o.f 

 the U. S., by the British Consul General. 



CASE 45. 



Wild Muscovy Duck... Black- winged Goose of Chili. ..Sandwich Island Goose... Loggerhead, 

 Antarctic, Upland, Bustard Geese. ..Black Swan of Australia. ..Penguins. ..King Penguin is 

 a great thief. 



They occupy the same place in the southern hemisphere that the Auks do in the northern. 



Penguins are said to unite in themselves the qualities of men, fowls, and fishes. Like men, they are upright; 

 like fowls, they are feathered ; and like fish, they have fin-like instruments that beat the water before, and 

 serve for all the purposes of swimming. From 30 to 40,000 Penguins have been seen at a time. They are arranged 

 when on shore in as compact a manner and in as regular ranks as a regiment of soldiers, and are classed with the 

 greatest order, the younger birds being in one situation, moulting birds in another, setting hens in a third, and 

 so on. They will stand still and be knocked down without making any effort to escape. 



Kiwi-kiwi. 



It is much like the Penguin. Whilst at rest it h as the singular habit of resting on the top of its bill, which is 

 its most characteristic position. The natives hunt it for its skin for dresses. 



Window Case. Woods. 



CASE 46. 



Fishes. 



CASE 4T. 



Exotic Birds. .. Ducks. ..Gannetts... Booby. ..Frigate Pelican, or Man-of-War Bird. 

 The Booby is so stupid that he will sit still and be knocked on the head on the shore or a ship. They are 

 much persecuted by the Man-of-War Bird. 



