THE BKITISH MUSEUM. 627 
*oom are birds, and arranged, as far as convenience would ad- 
according to the LinntEan system. Among the curious 
specimens of ornithology is a humming-bird, scarcely larger 
a bee ; and another beautiful little creature, called the 
®3rlequin humming- bird, from the variety of its colours. 
'■> this room there is a curious picture, executed many years 
^So in Holland, of that extremely rare and curious bird, 
*j>e dodo, belonging to the tribe gallinae. In the table in 
middle are preserved the nests of several birds, among 
"te most curious of which are several hanging nests, chiefly 
*“rnied by birds of the oriole tribe ; nests of a substance 
't'sembling isinglass, which the Chinese make into a rich 
*pup ; scarce feathers, &c. In the second table are depo- 
“ited a variety of eggs and nests : among the former may 
^ noticed the eggs of the ostrich, the cassowary, the cro- 
codile, fee. In the cases between the windows are sev'eral 
Of the rarer quadrupeds ; among these the most curious are, 
ourang-ou tangs, in a young state, a long-tailed macauci, 
cttnine, &c. ; in cases under the tables are an armadillo, or 
Porcupine, several young sloths, and a fine specimen of the 
^'Vo-toed ant-eater. The twelfth room contains a general 
®iid extensive arrangement of fishes, serpents, lizards, 
'fogs, &c. 
The Tow'ni.ey Marbles and Egyptian Antiouities 
®te deposited in a very elegant suite of rooms built purposely 
^or them. The first room is devoted to a collection of bas- 
’'oliefs, in tema cotta,- pronounced the finest in Europe. The 
*^ond is a beautiful circular room, whence you have a fine 
'-'cw of the whole suite of apartments, bounded at the end 
cy an exquisitely-wrought discoiolon, or ancient quoit- 
Player. This room is devoted to Greek and Roman sculp- 
^^tes, among which may he pointed out a fine candelabrum, 
''''■th several beautiful busts and statues. The third and 
‘Ourth rooms are also filled with Greek and Roman sculp- 
lures : in the latter are several fine lias-reliefs. The fifth 
Contains a collection of Roman sepulchral monuments, and 
® beautiful mosaic pavement, recently discovered in digging 
foundations for the new building at the Rank of Eng- 
Swnd. The sixth exhibits a miscellaneous collection of oik» 
‘"tiidred grand pieces of Roman and Greek sculptuie. The 
^t’enth Is devoted to Roman antiquities; and the eighth, on 
left, to Egyptian antiiAuhies, among which are the tow 
