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Over the door next the chimney is a small or &oom x. 
young (but very perfect) specimen, of a curious Nat. Hist. 
nsh allied in its general appearance to the sword- 
fish. It grows to a vast size, and is sometimes 
known to attack a ship (which it perhaps mistakes 
for a whale), and that with such force as to drive 
the horn or sword through the timber. 
ELEVENTH ROOM. 
The birds in this room are disposed, so far as room XI. 
convenience would admit, according to the Lin- 
paean mode of arrangement, viz. into six great 
divisions or orders, the separations of which are 
marked by white lines between each. Some 
birds however, on account of the large size of the 
cases in which they are contained, could not 
conveniently be stationed in their proper orders 
and are therefore disposed on the upper part of 
the general divisions. 
The first Linnaaan order consists of the Accf- 
pitres, or predaceous birds; and cental os the 
vultures, eagles, hawks, owls, and shrikes. In 
this order the most remarkable birds are, the Ca- 
lifornian vulture ; the sharp tailed eagle from New 
Holland ; the great snowy owl ; the fuliginous 
owl ; the great shrike ; and the Barbary shrike. 
The next order contains the Pic^e, or pies ; 
and consists of various tribes, greatly differing 
in 
