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but varieties are sometimes met with which have only 
four rays, one of which is in Case 17. Some species 
have eight, others nine, and others again from twelve to 
thirty rays. 
The Comatulae (Case 16) have their arms fringed on 
each side with a series of simple rays, and the under 
part of the body furnished with a tuft of simple in¬ 
dexed fibres, ending in an incurved hook, by which 
they attach themselves to sea-weeds and other marine 
bodies. 
One species of Comatula is found on the English 
coast; the largest (Comatula glacialis) is from the 
Arctic Seas. The Fringed Comatula (Comatula Jim - 
briata) is from India. 
On the wall, between the windows, are the horns of 
some species of Rhinoceros, and round the Room, over 
the Cases, are suspended a series of the horns of va¬ 
rious species of Deer (Cervus), as the Elk, the Roe¬ 
buck, the Virginian and Mexican Deer, the Rein- 
Deer, the Indian Deer (Cervus hippelaphus ), and 
its varieties; the common Stag and the Wapiti. 
On the top of the Cases are the Skulls of a Rhinoceros 
from India, two Giraffes, a Babirousa, and of several 
species of Dolphin ( Delphinus ). 
The Elephant’s Tusks, presented by H. R. H. the 
Duke of Sussex, which were lately over the Case 
on the South side of the room, have been adapted, 
with His Royal Highness’s sanction, to the Skeleton 
in the centre of this room, in order to replace the 
original tusks, which had been sawn off near their inser¬ 
tion into the skull.—The basal portions of the tusks, 
which remained in the head, are placed on the mantel¬ 
piece, on the East side of this apartment. 
The Skeleton was presented to the British Museum 
by General Sir Jasper Nicolls, and Major-General 
Hardwicke. It is from India. 
ROOM X. 
Nat. Hist. 
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