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DEPARTHENT OF ORNITHOLOGY. 
This department occupies Halls 26 and 27 and Alcove No. 
100, adjacent to the West Court. 
Alcove No. 100, which contains the collection of nests and 
eggs, should be made the starting point, as the sections in 
Halls 26 and 27 are numbered with reference to it. 
HALL 26. 
GENERAL ORNITHOLOGY. 
In this hall are represented about 540 species illustrating 
the characteristics of about 100 families. They are arranged 
systematically, beginning with the degenerates, which have lost 
the power of flight, and the diving birds, and ending with the 
highly specialized sparrows. 
WALL CASES. 
SECTIONS 1, 2, 3. — Emu, Rhea, Cassowary, Apteryx; Pen- 
guins. • 
SEC. 4. — Grebes, etc. ; Long-winged swimmers : gulls, terns, 
skimmers; Tube-nosed swimmers: albatross, petrels. 
SECS 5, 6. — Plovers, sandpipers, curlews, bustards, cranes, 
rails, screamers. 
SEC’S 7, 8. — Ducks, swans, flamingoes. 
SEC. 9. — Storks, herons, ibises. 
SEC. 10. — Pelicans, gannets, cormorants, snakebirds. 
SEC’S 11, 12, 13, 14, 15. — Birds related to domestic fowls: 
turkeys, curassows, pheasants, peafowl, guineas, grouse, quail, 
the hoatzin from South America — noted for having two fingers 
and claws on each fore limb at birth which enable it to climb 
about much like a quadruped till near maturity, when, not be- 
ing needed, they gradually disappear, — and the megapode from 
Australasia which buries its eggs and leaves them to hatch by 
heat from the sun or from decaying vegetation, the young be- 
ing able to care for themselves at birth. 
