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in 1826, stood, until it was removed to its present situation by 
direction of the Trustees in the year 1886. 
The west corridor contains a portion of the series of British 
birds with their nests (see the following page), for which there 
is not room in the Bird Gallery on the ground floor. The 
specimens placed here belong to the smaller kinds, being mostly 
of the Perching or Passerine order. 
In the east corridor is placed at present the collection of Gould 
Humming-birds {Trocliilidce) arranged and mounted by the late g^J^ 
Mr. John Gould, and purchased for the Museum after his death Birds, 
in 1881, The resplendent colours and singular varieties of form 
presented by these fairy-like objects must always excite feelings 
of admiration and wonder in all who gaze upon them. A special 
guide-book, pointing out the most interesting features of this 
ooUection, with a general account of the geographical distribu- 
tion and mode of life of the humming-birds, has been published 
by the Trustees.* 
WEST WING. 
The whole of the west wing of the building is devoted to the 
collections of recent Zoology.. 
(A) Geound Plooe. 
The ground floor is entered from the west side (left hand) of Bird Gallery, 
the Central Hall, near the main entrance of the building. The 
long gallery extending the entire length of the front of the 
wing is assigned to the exhibited collection of birds, the study 
series of the same group being kept in cabinets in a room 
behind. 
The wall-cases contain mounted specimens of all the principal systematic 
species arranged in systematic order, beginning with the Vultures, ^^^^^^^g 
on the left hand on entering, and ending with the Penguins on 
the right. The arrangement adopted is that of the Catalogue, 
now in course of publication. 
From the multitude of specimens which are exhibited in this 
* ' A Guide to the Gould Collection of Humming-birds.' Price two])ence. 
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