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STARFISH GALLERY. 
can scarcely fail to notice the Indian Gazial, both the skin 
and skeleton of the same individual being shown, 
^tar-flsh lY, A small gallery is called the Star-fish Gallery, from being 
(See 'special specially devoted to Star-fishes and their allies — the Echino- 
fd^^' DERMA ; these are arranged systematically in table-cases 1-6, 
and in case 7 there are specimens illustrating the anatomy 
of the skeleton, and models and figures descriptive of the 
remarkable changes undergone by these animals in the course of 
their development. An almost complete example of the 
Fig. 11. — Horned Frog. 
Brittlestar (Ophiomastix annulosa) should be noticed, and 
on the tops of cases 5 and 6 are examples of Diadema and 
JMiinus. In a separate case on the east side of the gallery 
is Luidia savignii from Mauritius, one of the largest known 
star-fish. The most beautiful and remarkable specimens in 
the gallery are the stalked Crinoids, or Sea-Lilies, collected 
by the " Challenger." One specimen was found attached 
to an old telegraj)h-wire taken up in the Caribbean Sea. 
Tliftsc dficp-sea forms, so abundant in earlier periods of the 
