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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 very extraordinary 
domestic arrangements 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 E). — 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 G. — 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 I. — Winter scene in the far North illustrating the pro- 
tective coloration of birds inhabiting high latitudes. 
