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Nat. Hist. 
TABLE 
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and considered as a great delicacy by the Chinese, 
who use it in preparing a rich soup Called bird- 
nest soup ; two nests of a small bird called the 
taylor-bird, composed of leaves sewed together j 
bills of various rare birds, of which the most 
remarkable are severa ! kinds of rhinoceros bird’s 
bills ; quills; feathers of the great South A me-? 
rican vulture called the Condor ; a leg of the 
Dodo, in a glass. 
In this table are deposited a variety of eggs and 
nests: among the former may be noticed the eggs 
of the ostrich, the cassowary, &c. 
In this room are preserved several of the rarer 
quadrupeds. Among these the most curious are 
the following: 
In the Cases between theWindows. 
The black ourang outang, in a young state; 
the chesnut ourang outang, in a young state; the 
lone-tailed macauco; the shank; tiie ermine, See. 
In other Parts of the Room. 
The sea otter; the musk, from Thibet; the 
great armadillo ; the long-tailed Brasilian porcu¬ 
pine ; the Canada porcupine, remarkable for its 
thick form, the length of its hair, and the short¬ 
ness of its spines ; the lemurine opossum from 
J$ew Holland; the vampyre, or great South Ame¬ 
rican 
