564 DESCRIPTION OP THE MUSEUM. 



Next come the birds of prey : here are vultures 

 of different species, one of which (vultur papa) 

 was presented to the Museum by the duke of 

 Orleans; the vultur barbatus^ which, next to the 

 condor, is the largest bird of prey known ; the 

 falco ecaudatus of Senegal and several American 

 owls. 



On turning to the left we arrive in front of 

 the aviary, which is an inclosure planted with 

 shrubs, with a building in the rear facing the 

 south, and divided into compartments, for foreign 

 birds. As this enclosure is destined for the pro- 

 pagation of rare and wild birds, the public is not 

 admitted into it. It contains at this moment the 

 golden, silvery, and common pheasants, some 

 foreign species of gallinaceous birds, such as the 

 crax alector and galeata, the penelope marail, 

 and many curious species of poultry. 



Going round the aviary we return to the ex- 

 tremity of the menagerie to see the carnivorous 

 animals. In the historical account it was ob- 

 served, that all those which we had possessed 

 since 1794 na ^ been lodged in an old build- 

 ing at the end of the chesnut walk, and that 

 a new one had been erected in 1817, into 

 which they were removed in 1821. This build- 

 ing, of a simple and regular style of architec- 

 ture, contains twenty-one lodges which have a 



