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lower part of the case may be seen a Hybrid Animal, 

 born in Atkins's menagerie, partaking both of the lion 

 and tiger ; also common and Sea Otters, Brown Tiger, 

 Cape Tiger, and Brazilian Panther. Over these cases 

 is placed the American Tapir. 



Cases 12 to 20 contain at the top Porcupines, Mar- 

 mots, Hares, and common Beaver, two specimens of the 

 Irish Hare. On the bottom part of the case, left hand, 

 are arranged as follows, the Collared Sloths, Kangaroo, 

 the Great Ant-eater, Antelope, Young Giraffe, Spotted 

 Zebra, Wild Boar, and the Big Horned Sheep, under 

 which is the Peccary. 



Case 21 contains a great variety of small animals, 

 chiefly from America, the northern parts of Europe and 

 Asia. Shrew Mice, several of the Weasel Tribe, as the 

 Pole-cat, Martin, common Weasel, and Stoat ; the lat- 

 ter animal is brown in summer and white in winter, and 

 produces the beautiful article known by the name of 

 Ermine. 



Case 22 contains the small digitigrade carnivorous 

 animals from New Holland, as the Genet and Suricate, 

 also the Marsupial animals, as the Opossum from Bra- 

 zil, the Spotted Weasel, Wombat, Pigmy Opossum, 

 Flying Opossum, and White Kangaroo. 



Case 23. The minor animals in the order Glires, as 

 the Water Rat, Pouched Rat, Dormouse, Chinchilla, 

 and a series of Squirrels from various parts of the world. 

 In 



Case 24 are other animals of the same order, the 

 Flying Squirrels, Hares, Rabbits, Porcupines, and Ar- 

 madillo, the Long-tailed Manis from India, and the 

 Short-tailed Manis from Africa, and that extraordinary 

 animal, the Ornithorhyncus or Duck-billed Platypus 

 from New Holland. 



Cases 25, 26, and 27 contain Bats. In case 25, the 

 Frugivorous Bats, or those which feed principally on 

 fruit, as the Egyptian Bat, Striped-eared Bats from 

 India. In the other cases, 26 and 27, are the Simple- 

 nosed Insectivorous Bats, or those whose principal food 



