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. 1/ Coati mondi, young, two specimens, vivcrra nasua 



,/ - 18 Brady pus tridactylus, three toed sloth, rare 

 19 -Prehensile porcupine 

 — - 20 Steinbock, Capra ihex, extremely rare 



22 hippopotamus, Hippopotamus arniphiHus 



— • 22 The Swedish elk, cervus alces, a capital and finely preserved 

 specimen 



23 Purpie water-hen, Fulica porphyrio, S. America 



. 24 Sparrow hawk, Falco nisus, Lmn, and green parrot, S. Ame- 



rica 



-/3 - 25 Snow gulls, Hudson's Bay 



2(3 Ultramarine thrush, Ampelts cotinga 

 2 27 Northern three-toed woodpecker, Picus tridactylus, Linn. 

 „J>~ 28 An eminently fine and perfect specimen of the Argus phea- 

 sant, Sumatra, Phasianus Argus 

 — 29 Coluwba Nicoharica, Nicobar pigeon 

 - — ->30 Mandarine Duck, Anas galericulata, Www. 



31 Secretary vulture, Vultur secrctarius, one specimen 

 — 32 Certhia cruentata, red spotted creeper 



33 Red certhia, Sandwich Islands, Certhia vestiaria 



2 34 A most capital and matchless specimen of the Vultur gry* 



£<f*^rx~ ph fxs Linn, being a full grown specimen of the male bird . 

 in the highest preservation 



34 The King vulture, Vultur papa 



36 Silver pheasant m. and fern. Phasianus nyclihemerus 



37 Tyger bittern, Ardea tigrina 



38 Goatsucker, Caprimulgus crassirostris 



39 Falco leucocephalus , the white-headed eagle 



40 A very fine and well-preserved specimen of the female ostrich^ 



a young ditto, and the egg, with the instruments used in 

 catching these birds 



41 The male ostrich, a noble specimen 



42 Part of a branch of Isis hippuris 5 dwarf variety of madrepora 



virginea, or stellated branched coral, from the West In- 

 dies and another 



43 Gorgonia pretiosa, the true red coral, on its native rock, from 



the coast of Sardinia ; a specimen of considerable magni- 

 tude, and singular perfection and beauty 



44 One specimen of gorgonia pectinata, of Linnaeus, the comb- 



like gorgon, with a curious asterias caput medusae, in- 

 tangled in its branches, from the East Indies 



45 Part of the branch of a tree, perforated by pholades, and hav- 



ing its surface incrusted with groups of serpula filoba, 

 Mediterranean 



46 Isis hippuris, an extremely elegant and perfect specimen 



47 Large and singular variety of madrepora labyrinthica, or 



sharp-ridged brain-stone, Martinique 



