BIRD GALLERY. 



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The wall-cases contain mounted specimens of all the principal systematic 

 geneva, placed in systematic order, beginning with the Grows ^"u^p^ses 

 and Birds of Paradise on the left hand on entering, and ending 

 with the Ostriches on the right. 



Among the multitude of specimens exhibited in this gallery, 

 which form, however, but a small proportion of the different 

 kinds of Birds known to inhabit the globe, only a few of the more 



striking can be mentioned here. 



The various types of the Birds 



Yja. 14. — The Great Auk or GAEE-Fo^YL (Plautus, or Aha, impennis) 



AND ITS EGf). 



(From specimens in tlie Museum.) 



of Prey are very fully represented: from the Condor of the 

 Andes, the large Sea-Eagle of Bering Strait, and the Great 

 Ea»le-Owl of Europe (all of which are placed in separate cases), 

 to the Dwarf Falcon in case 53, which is not much larger 

 than a sparrow, and preys upon insects. Among the large group of 

 Perching-Birds, attention is drawn to the cases of Birds of Paradise 

 and Bower-Birds in the first bay on the left. In separate cases 

 in the sixth bay on the opposite side of the gallery are placed 

 skeletons of the Dodo and Solitaire, gigantic Pigeons with wings 



