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ROOM XII.] NATURAL HISTORY. 
(Fraierculci ), and the Auk ( Alca ). Cases Nos. 35— 
38. 
The Pelicans ( Peliccniidce ) have, on the contrary, long 
and powerful wings, very short legs, and four toes, all 
united by a continuous web; as the Cormorant ( Phala - 
crocoracc ), and the Gannet (Sulci). 
The Gulls ( Laridce ), Cases No. 39—42, have equally 
long wings, but the hind toe is free, and sometimes very 
short and rudimentary; as the Terns (Sternce), the 
Gulls (Lari), the Skua ( Lestris ), and the Petrel (Procel- 
laria). 
Cases IS —22. These two tables contain a small 
collection of Birds’ Eggs, chiefly British, arranged and 
named according to Temminck.—The following Eggs are 
in the Tables. Falco. Hobby — Kestril — Golden Eagle 
— Sparrow-Hawk — Kite — Buzzard — Harpy. Strix, 
Brown Owl — White Owl. Corvus. Raven — Carrion 
Crow — Hooded Crow — Rook —Jackdaw —Magpie—Jay . 
Pyrrhocorax. Red-legged Crow. Sturnus. Starling. 
Lanius. Great cinereous Shrike—Wood-chat — Red- 
backed Shrike. Muscicafa. Spotted Fly-catcher — Pied 
Fly-catcher. Turdus. Missel Thrush — Song Thrush 
— Blackbird. Cinclus. Whiter Ouzel. Sylvia. Grass¬ 
hopper Warbler —Sedge Warbler —Reed Wren—Nightin¬ 
gale — Blackcap — Pettychaps —White Throat—Babbling 
Warbler — Hartford Warbler —Redbreast—Redstart—Les - 
ser Pettychaps — Wood Wren — Yellow Wren—Golden- 
crested Wren — When. Saxicola. Wheat-ear — Whin- 
chat—Stonechat. Accentor. Hedge Sparrow. Mo- 
tacilla. White Wagtail —Grey Wagtail—Yellow Wag¬ 
tail. Antiius. Meadow Lark—Titlark — Field Lark— 
Husky Lark. Alauda. Sky Lark—Wood Lark — Crested 
Lark. Parus. Great Titmouse—Colemouse—Blue Tit¬ 
mouse— Blackcap Titmouse —Long-tailed Titmouse. Em- 
beriza. Yellow Bunting —Common Bunting—-Reed 
Bunting— Cirl Bunting. Pyrrhula. Bullfinch. Frin- 
gilla. Greenfinch— House Sparrow—Mountain Finch 
— Chaffinch —Common Linnet —- Redpole — Goldfinch— 
Canary. Picus. Green W T oodpecker — Great spotted 
W r oodpecker — Lesser spotted WToodpecker. Yunx. Wry¬ 
neck. Sitta. Nuthatch. Certhia. Common Creeper. 
Alcedo. King’s-fisher. Hirundo. Chimney Swallow — 
