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3^1 18. Gorgonia verrucosa, gorgonia flabel'um, and a coral 



19 A very complete and elegant specimen of madrepora gy- 



rosa 



20 Gorgonia verrucosa, Mediterranean, a large specimen 

 jf-.// - 21 A very large specimen of the tubipora musica 



f // i 22 A large branch of madrepora muricata, Liw/z. prickly white 

 coral, from the West Indies 



\ u~f 23 Very curious variety of madrepora fungites, Linn, or sea- 

 mushroom, remarkable for having twenty young ones of 

 the same kind formed on its under part, East Indies — such 

 specimens are very rare 



■ /f - 24 A large fossil mya shell, Oxford 



I jL 25 Fossil elephant's grinder, found near Warwick 



I J 26 Part of the fossil tusk of an elephant, ditto 



1 17 27 A large knobbed species of strombus, in the fossil state, 



* . France 



j£ i> 28 Bone of a bird, in laminated calcareous stone 

 / y~. . 29 The section of a cornu ammonis, filled with spar, an elegant 



\ / specimen 

 I jf- b 30 Pectens, three species, one obliquely striated and uncommon 



31 A large fossil cornu ammonis 

 / J - 32 Two sections of a fossil nautilus, in limestone, polished 

 // / 33 Three different species of pectens, and a flattened ostrea 



* I 34 Three specimens of fossil shells, including part of a chain- 



/ ...... bered nautilus ; and another, with many ridges compressed 



I 3(> Two sections of a fossil nautilus having the chambers filled % 

 . with spar x 



36 Four fossil shells, including a cockscomb oyster; valve of 

 astrea gryphites, with a curious impressed beak, part of a 

 pinna, and an ostrea 

 2. * 37 The upper part of a large thigh-bone fossil 

 ^7_<> 38 A specimen of cornu ammonis, Gloucestershire 



39 Four fossil shells, including a murex, Italy; cast of the Inte- . 

 rior partofan echinus, Gloucestershire ; a cone, and another 

 £./<P- 40 A very large fossil elephant's grinder, found in England, (a 

 printed description annexed) 

 J3 41 Peregrine falcon, falco peregrinus - i! V' 



42 Wryneck, tnnx torquilla, m. fern, and young 

 JC. / .43 Blossom-headed parrakeet, Psittacus rhodocephalus 

 % (Z.V44 Poe bee-eater, Mer ops cincinatus, rare 1 

 J> . 3 45 Demoiselle crane, Ardea virgo St. 

 X-4 - ^ Pied hornbill, E. Indies, Buceros licornis, very rare 

 /_ a - 47 Red-headed grosbeak, Loxia rcgulus, extremely rare 

 2. - 2- 43 Common hen and chickens, beautifully preserved "4. 



A{) Cupreous cuckoo, Senegal, Cuculus cuprous, extremely rare 

 /x~iz~ 50 Pkasianus hicalcaratus, peacock pheasant, China, a most 

 beautiful specimen, very rare 

 5 1 Quan, West Indies, Meleagris cristata 



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