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WEST WING. 
Bats (such as the Flying Fox), of the small Insect-feeders and 
Gnawing Animals, and of the Edentata (Sloths, Anteaters and 
Armadilloes) follow. The remainder of the cases of this side of 
the gallery, of the pavilion, and nearly the whole of the right side 
are devoted to the Ungulata or Hoofed Animals ; very complete 
series of the wild Sheep, Goats and wild Cattle, of the Musk-ox, 
an inhabitant of the Arctic regions, of the large African Ante- 
lopes, and of the Elk and Eeindeer of both hemispheres are 
exhibited. Towards the end of the series, in cases 95-98, the 
Pouched Mammalia or Marsupialia (Kangaroos, Wombats, Tas- 
manian Wolf, Opossums, &c.), find their place ; they carry their 
young in a pouch, until able to shift for themselves. Finally 
the^Monotremes of Australia, the Duck-billed Platypus, and 
the Echidna, at the bottom of case 98, differ still more from the 
ordinary members of this class, inasmuch as they do not bring 
forth their young alive, but lay eggs. 
Second Floor. 
Skeletons and The Osteological Gallery is devoted to the skeletons and 
Mammals skuUs of Mammalia, the arrangement of which corresponds, as 
far as practicable, with that of the stuffed specimens. The series 
commences (on the left hand on entering) with a male and female 
human skeleton, followed by a selection of skulls, showing the 
different modifications of the cranial and facial bones in the 
various races of Mankind. Among these is the skeleton of a full- 
grown Akka, only four feet high, which appears to be the usual 
size[of this pygmy tribe of Negroes from Central Africa. The next 
wall-case contains several skeletons of man-like Apes, the Orang- 
outang, Gorilla and Chimpanzee, with the principal forms of the 
other Monkeys and Lemurs. In cases 4-8 numerous representa- 
tives of the Carnivorous and Eodent Mammalia are shown, the re- 
mainder of the cases of this side of the gallery being devoted to 
the exhibition of skulls of the larger Ungulata, viz., the Elephants, 
Pthinoceroses and Horses. Of the first many skulls are exhibited, 
some in section showing the extraordinary modification of the 
skull in adaptation to the support of the heavy tusks and power- 
ful trunk. The series of elephants is continued in the pavilion 
at the end of the gallery, where skulls and skeletons of the 
