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Sec, 36. — The tanagers, one of the most beautiful of the 
groups of strictly American birds; the weaver birds, American 
orioles and, lastly, the sparrows, finches and grossbeaks. These 
latter are the most highly specialized in the class birds. 
CENTER CASES. 
Case A. — A group illustrating the peculiar domestic arrange- 
ments of the rhinoceros hornbill during the breeding season. 
Case B. — “A Surprised Mother,” representing a domestic 
hen as mother of a lot of ducklings that are represented as plung- 
ing into a basin of water. 
Case C. — A group showing the nesting site and a pair of 
prairie chickens. 
Case D. — A group of quail in various attitudes. 
Case E. — A group of the American eider duck representing 
the male and female. 
Case F. — A group of the American robin, showing the nest 
and eggs and the parent birds much excited by the approach of a 
black snake. 
Case Q. — A group representing a section of a pond with the 
shore line fringed with grass. A group of ducks are shown, 
some stand on the shore and others swimming about near the 
edge of the pond, while in the background, half hidden by the 
grass, a Florida lynx is seen stealing upon the unsuspecting birds. 
Three species of ducks are shown in this group: The pintail, 
lesser scoup duck and ring-necked duck. 
Case H, — ^A group composed of an adult African ostrich, a 
chick and an egg. 
Case — Winter scene in the far North illustrating the pro- 
tective coloration of birds inhabiting high latitudes. 
HALL 27. 
NORTH AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 
Devoted exclusively to North American birds with an idea of 
giving special prominence to the ornithology of Illinois. The 
arrangement followed, that adopted by the American Ornithol- 
ogists’ Union in their check list of North American birds, begins 
