BRITISH VERTEBRATES. 
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sedgy border of a I^orfolk mere. This is in the archway 
leading into the pavilion on the left side. In. the last 
bay but one on the right side is a nest of the Heron, in 
a fir-tree, with the two old and three nearly fledged young 
birds. Various species of Gulls, and a particularly beautiful 
group of the graceful Arctic Terns from the Shetland Islands, 
in the middle line towards the west end of the gallery and in 
the eighth and ninth bays on the left. In the corresponding 
bays on the opposite side are Plovers, Sandpipers, Snipes, &c., 
some of which (especially the Einged and Kentish Plovers) 
show the wonderful adaptation of the colouring of the eggs 
and young birds to their natural surroundings for the purpose 
of concealment. In the second passage leading to the Coral 
Gallery are Ptarmigans and Capercailzies from Scotland, and 
in the adjacent bay Woodpigeons and Turtle Doves building 
their simple, flat nests of sticks in ivy-clad trees. In the 
fourth bay on the left are Sandmartins and Kingfishers, show- 
ing, by means of sections of the banks of sand or earth, the 
form and depth of the hole in which the nests are placed ; and 
the nests of the Swift, Barn Swallow, and House Martin, all 
in portions of human habitations. 
The " Pavilion " at the west end of the bird gallery is devoted Pavilion, with 
to the exhibition of the land and freshwater Vertebrated Animals and Fresh- 
of the British Islands ; but the series is not yet completed, "^^^ter 
Vertebrates. 
and is only temporarily arranged. The Mammals and Fishes 
occupy the wall-case on the north side, which is surmounted 
with horns. In the two pairs of centre cases is exhibited the 
series of British Birds, which is supplemented by the groups 
already referred to. The wall-case on the left side of the archway 
contains a fine group of Gannets and other sea-birds from the 
Bass Rock in the Firth of Forth. On the opposite side are two 
important groups with the accessories true to nature, the one 
of the Golden Eagle and the other of the Common Buzzard, 
both from Scotland. Other groups in the Pavilion display the 
Kestrel, the Peregrine Falcon, and the Merlin in their natural 
I surroundings. Among the Mammals, especial attention may be 
i directed to a case of British Hares, showing their seasonal and 
i local colour-phases. In another case may be seen a female 
Badger and her young. 
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