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Place, as there will be occafion to men- 

 tion them again, when we come to the 

 Departments. 



There is a very fine Wafp's Neil pre- 

 ferved in one of the Cabinets, well worth 

 obferving with Attention, being a moft 

 curious Strudlure. 



In Spirits you fee a Vultur's Head, 

 fome Serpents, Birds, Spiders, Lizards, 

 and other Articles but what muft attradl 

 particular Notice, is a fine young Fla- 

 mingo ftuffed. This Bird is very fre- 

 quent in the Weft Indies^ and has a re- 

 markable long Neck and Legs, which 

 enables it to reach its Prey, which is FiJfh, 

 in deep V/ater. It has webbed Feet, 

 the Beak is broad, the upper Chap bent, 

 depreffed, and dentated, the lower much 

 thicker and firmer its Neck and Body 

 are white, the flight Feathers of the Wing 

 black, the fliorter Feathers of a fine 

 bright red. This Bird is fometimes feen 

 in Europe, and was v/ell known to the 

 Ancients, among whom the nice Eaters 



accounted 



