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HALL 26. 
ORNITHOLOGY. 
Entering from the west court. 
Case S3A.—Sud-c/ass Ratitae, represented by the ostrich, 
emu, Kiwi Kiwi, and apteryx. 
Case 36B.— The Order Pygopodes (diving birds), consisting 
of the penguins, auks, puffins, grebes, and loons. 
Case 37 A. — The Order Longipennes (long-winged swim- 
mers), represented by the petrel, gull, and terns. 
Case 37B. — The Order Stegopodes (Totipalmate birds), 
comprising the frigate-bird, snake -bird, cormorants, pelicans, 
and gannets. 
Case 38 A. — The Otder LmnellirostereSy represented by the 
duck, geese, mergansers, and swans. 
Case 38B. — The Order Grallatores (wading birds), repre- 
sented by the cranes, rails, herons, snipe, plover, curlew, and 
gallinules. 
Case 39. — The Order Gallinae (gallinaceous birds), com- 
prising the partridge, quail, ptarmigan, grouse, turkey, and 
guinea hens. 
Case 40B. — The Order Columbae (doves, etc.), represented 
by the pigeons and doves. 
Case 4:0C and 4:lA.-^The Order Raptores (raptoral birds), 
represented by the buzzards, vultures, falcons, hawks, eagles, and 
owls. 
Case 4:1B. — The Order Psittaci, represented by the parrots 
and paroquets. 
Case 42. — The Order Picariae (woodpeckers), comprising 
the woodpeckers, cuckoos, swifts, humming-birds, horn-bills, 
kingfishers, and toucans. 
Cases 43 and 44. — The Order Passeres (perching birds), 
comprising the magpie, fly-catchers, pewees, lyre-bird, crow, black- 
bird, birds of paradise, oriole, bobolink, song-sparrow, warblers, 
and robins. 
Case 46. — A group consisting of the ostrich, young and egg. 
Case 45.— A group consisting of large cranes and herons. 
Horn-bill in nest on top of case. ' 
Case 47. — A collection of North American and foreign eggs, 
Case 48. — A collection of North American bird skins. 
