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114. Natural History Collection for use in illustrating 

 object lessons. 



Presented by the Belgian Government. 

 E. 67 to 101. 1862. 



The collection consists of the following stuffed animals 

 mounted on stands : 



Birds, 10 species. 



Fishes, 6 species. 



Snakes, 2 species. 



A Chameleon. 



A Newt, and 4 species of insecfcs, preserved in spirit. 



Also of the following osteological specimens : 



Mounted skeletons of, 



Monkey. Rat. 



Cat. Two Birds. 



Bat. Tortoise and Snake. 



Mole. Frog and Fish. 



[Several of these are also described hereafter.] 



115. Model of a cupboard to exhibit jars containing 

 museum preparations. 



Lent by the late Professor Esmarlc, Ohristiania. 1876. 



The bottles containing the preparations stand on the circum- 

 ference of circular shelves which are supported upon a vertical 

 axis. This can be rotated by a handle at the bottom of the 

 case so as to bring all the jars successively into view. One of 

 the sets of shelves has been divided in the middle vertically to 

 show its construction. 



116. Stuffed animals. 



Birds, seven species from the Pedagogical Museum, St. Peters- 

 burg. E. 695 to 701, 1877. 



Birds, 10 species. Presented by the Belgian Government. 

 E. 75 to 84. 1862. 



Tortoise and Frog. From the Pedagogical Museum, St. Peters- 

 burg. E. 702 and 703. 1877. 



Snakes, two species, and Chameleon. Presented by the 

 Belgian Government. E. 90 to 92. 1862. 



Fishes, six species. Presented by the Belgian Government. 

 E. 85 to 89 and 101. 1862. 



117. A collection of embryos of the Sturgeon (Acipen- 

 ser ruthenus), and a number of microscopic sections and 

 other preparations, chiefly from the same species. 



Presented by Dr. P. Ovsiannileov, St. Petersburg. 

 E. 489 and 490. 1877. 



