PART I.— ZOOLOGY. 
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Case 155. The Sea Parrots; as the parroquet auk, crested auk, Cape 
penguin, crested penguin, &c. ; the Guillemots ; as the foolish guillemot, 
black guillemot of Britain. 
Cases 156 — 161 contain the Gulls : these birds are divided as fol- 
lows : 
Case 156. The Petrels, which are found in the high latitudes of 
both hemispheres, feed on fish, &c. ; as the diving petrel, stormy petrel, 
Manks petrel, Fulmar petrel, and broad-billed petrel, &c. ; giant petrel, 
wandering albatross, &c. 
Cases 158 — 160. The True Gulls : they are found in every part of 
the world, feeding on all kinds of animal matter, fish, &c. ; as the Arctic 
gull, glaucous gull, black-backed gull, little gull, &c., of Britain; fork- 
tailed gull, kittiwake gull, &c. 
Case 161. The Terns are met with on every coast in the world, and 
occasionally inland, on the lakes, feeding on marine productions ; as 
the Caspian tern, roseate tern, gull-billed tern, minute tern, &c., of 
Britain ; white-winged tern, &c. The Skimmers have remarkably 
formed bills, that enable them to skim the surface of the sea, in which 
they dip the lower mandible, the upper being elevated out of the water, 
until the prey is felt by the lower ; as in the black skimmer. 
Case 162. The Tropic Birds are peculiar to tropical climates, 
where they catch the fly-fish, &c., as the common tropic bird, red-tailed 
tropic bird, &c. The Darters live in small flocks, on the trees that 
overhang the rivers, &c. , from whence they plunge into the water, and 
catch fish by darting at them with their sharp bill and long vibrating 
neck ; as the white-bellied darter, &c. 
Cases 162—166. The Pelicans that inhabit the marshes and sea 
coasts, feeding on fish, &c. ; as the gannet of Britain, &c. Cases 163 
and 164. White pelican, red-backed pelican, &c. Case 165. Common 
cormorant, shag of Britain, &e. ; and Case 166. Greater frigate bird, 
and lesser frigate bird. 
The Eggs of Birds 
are placed in the smaller Table Cases along the side of the room ; 
they are arranged in the same series as the birds in the Upright Cases. 
The Table Cases, in each department of the room, contain the eggs of 
the species in the Cases near to them. 
The Shells of Molluscous Animals 
are placed in the larger Table Cases across the sides of the room, 
(in progress of arrangement). 
Tables 1 — 26. Univalve Shells, 
belonging to belly-walking, or Gasteropodous Mollusca. 
Tables 1, 2. The Sirombs, as the large pink-mouthed stromb, 
from the West Indies. " With it are some of the pink pearls which 
are formed by the animal ; they are extremely rare and valuable when 
of a good shape. The Diana ear stromb ; the spiders’ claws, sea 
scorpions, &c. , which are peculiar for the outer lip of the full grown 
shell being furnished with finger-like projections ; the terebellum, which 
is polished like the olive, but has no groove on the suture, and the 
front of the shell as it were cut off. The spindle strombs, of the Red 
