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shelf: Swallows and Goatsuckers, amongst which that rare 

 species, the Sierra Leone Goatsucker, is the most curious. 



No. 8. Upper shelf: Toucans, the Smooth-billed Pogoniua, 

 Barbets; second shelf: White-bellied Coucal, Variegated Coucal, 

 Lathamian Coucal, Cuckoos; third shelf: Woodpeckers; fourth 

 shelf: Woodpeckers, Kingfishers, and Jacamars. 



No. 9 contains the Columbine birds or Pidgeons, the most 

 conspicuous of which are the Crowned Pidgeon and the Green 

 Pidgeon of Africa. 



Nos. 10 and 11. Upper shelf: Small African Bustard, Argus 

 Pheasant; second shelf : the King Pheasant; third shelf: varie- 

 ties of the Common Pheasant, the tail of an unknown species [!] ; 

 lower shelf : the Pencil and Golden Pheasants, the Jungle Cock 

 of India, which some have supposed to be the original stock from 

 whence our domestic fowls have sprung. 



Nos. 12 and 13. Upper shelf: Horned Screamer, Wood 

 Grouse, etc. ; following shelves : various species of Partridges, 

 Grouse and Quails, amongst which the Lineated Partridge, the 

 Streaked Partridge, the Tufted Quail, and the Crowned Quail are 

 the most interesting. On the lower shelf is likewise a specimen 

 of the Pintado, from Africa, in its wild state. 



Nos. 14 and 15. The Adjutant Crane, Tiger Bittern, Night 

 Heron, Boatbill, Tufted Umber, and the White and Rose-coloured 

 Spoonbills, etc. 



Nos. 16 and 17. Upper shelf: Scarlet Curlew, the common 

 African Curlew, etc. ; second shelf: Long-legged Plover, Scarlet 

 Flamingo, etc.; third shelf: African Snipe, varieties of the Hull, 

 a Ruff in its young state, and the Reeve, which is its female, etc. ; 

 lower shelf: Spur- winged Jacana, American and common Avoset, 

 etc. 



Nos. 18 and 19. Upper shelf: Great Northern Diver, several 

 varieties of Darters, etc.; second shelf: Etherial Tropic-bird, 

 Terns, etc. ; third shelf : Ducks, amongst them the Located Duck 

 from New Holland is the most remarkable; lower shelf: different 

 species of Merganser. 



" No. 20 contains some curious nests and eggs of birds ; the 

 Soup-nests, formed by two species of Swallow j the nest of the 

 Taylor-Bird, etc.; in the lowermost division is deposited the 

 supposed leg of the Dodo, etc." 



The remaining cases, Nos. 21 to 58, were devoted to the 

 Invertebrata (Shells, Crabs, etc.). 



Such was the report on the collection of Birds in 1 8 I 5. We 

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