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holes, which are believed to be excavated by itself, or 
under rocks or roots, incapable of flight, and singu- 
larly owl-like in appearance, it strikes the observer 
as belonging to a past fauna, and indeed it 1s 
_ believed ‘‘ to be one of the primitive forms of Psztfaci ;” 
there is every reason to fear that this bird, like the 
LVestors, will soon cease to exist. 
Of the next or seventh Order, RAPTORES, contain- 
ing the Birds of Prey, both Diurnal and Nocturnal, a 
full description has already been given; they will be 
found in the rooms devoted to the Gurney collection. 
Passing to 
Case XI. 
we commence with the Pelicans, of which we 
have felecanus onocrotalus, the best known repre- 
sentative, occurring in South-eastern Europe, South- 
western Asia, aad North-eastern Africa ; a fine species 
from Tasmania, P. conspicillatus ; also the much smaller 
American P. fuscus ; the Gannets and Boobys follow, of 
the former Suw/a dassana, the Solan Goose or Gannet 
of our seas, will be found in the British collection, 
and S. pzscator from New Guinea in the case before us ; 
next is the genus Phalacrocorax, or Cormorants, of 
whicu there are examples from several parts of the 
world, and /Vofus, the Darters or Snake Birds, inhabi- 
tants of South America, India, and Australia; there are 
only four known species, one of these is doubtless 
familiar to those who have visited the fishhouse at 
the Zoological Gardens, where it may frequently be 
seen spearing its prey on the sharp bill, which termi- 
nates its long and snake-like neck and head. ‘The 
second family PuHarTonTip#, is restricted to the 
Phaethons or Tropic Birds, handsome white birds 
with the middle feathers of the tail greatly elongated ; 
of these we have two species, one distinguished by 
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