THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM 



family related to the goatsuckers, but it lives exclusively on 

 fruits, instead of on insects as do the true goatsuckers. 

 The name "oil bird" is due to the abundant fat of the young 

 birds, from which the natives prepare a colorless oil used 

 instead of butter. 



Continuing to the left, a group of beavers is exhibited 

 next to the petrel group. 



Eggs of North American birds are seen in a large case on 

 the west wall, facing the beavers, and other cases of these 

 eggs are ranged at intervals around this hall. Above the 

 egg exhibit at this point, an interesting example of the skin 

 of a fur seal illustrates the various stages in the preparation 

 of the fur for use. 



Still keeping to the left, a large window group showing 

 the birds of the Pribilof Islands appears facing the visitor 

 on the south wall. These rocky islands in Bering Sea are 

 the home of myriads of sea birds (murres, auks, puffins, 

 cormorants, gulls and others) which nest on the rocks or in 

 burrows among them. About fifty specimens (representing 

 ten species) are shown against a natural background of 

 rock and sea. 



To the right of this group, over the doorway, are the 

 horns of a Spanish bull, South African steer and South 

 American steer. 



Continuing to the left around the hall, the first large floor 

 group shows five specimens of Steller's sea lions, adults and 

 young. These creatures of the North Pacific belong to the 

 seal order, but their skins are not valuable for fur. 



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