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Quail. Otis. Bustard. CEdicnemus. Thick-kneed ROOM Xir 
Bustard. BLematopus. Oyster-catcher. Charadrius. Nat Hist 
R inged Plover. Vanellus. Lapwing. Strepsilas. 
Turnstone. Ciconia. White Stork. Ardea. Heron 
— Purple Heron. Recurvirostra. Avoset. Pla- 
talea. Spoonbill. Numenius. Curlew. Tringa. Dun¬ 
lin—Selninger Sandpiper—Knot—Reeve. Tota- 
nus. Red-shank — Common Sandpiper — Green- 
shank. Limosa. Godwit. Scolopax. Snipe. Gal- 
linula. Crake Gallinule—Spotted Gallinule—Com¬ 
mon Gallinule. Fulica. Coot. Phalaropus. Red 
Phalarope. Podiceps. Crested Grebe—Little Grebe. 
Sterna. Sandwich Tern — Greater Tern — Black 
Tern—Lesser Tern. Larus. Black-backed Gull — 
Silvery Gull—Herring Gull — Common Gull—Kit- 
tiwake — Red-legged Gull. Lestris. Skua Gull — 
Arctic Gull. Progellaria. Fulmar Petrel—Stormy 
Petrel. Diomedea. Albatross. Anas. Grey-lag 
Goose — Bean Goose — Wild Swan — Shieldrake—■ 
Wild Duck — Shoveler — Eider Duck—King Duck 
— Long-tailed Duck. Carbo. Cormorant — Shag 
— Crested Shag. Sula. Gannet. Colymbus. Northern 
Diver — Red throated Diver. Uria. Foolish Guillemot 
— Black Guillemot. Alca. Razor Bill — Great Auk. 
The double Table Cases in this Room contain the 
Collection of British Shells, and clay models of some 
of the larger molluscous animals. 
Case 1. The first part of the case contains some of 
the more solid substances found in the bodies of cer¬ 
tain Cephalopodous Mollusca,—as the shell of the 
Sepia, or Cuttle-fish—the horny laminae of the Lolioro 
and Sepiola, commonly called Sea-pens; together 
with specimens of the jaws of those animals (resembling 
in form, a parrot’s bill,) and of the cartilaginous rings, 
by means of which the muscular disks on their arms 
are extended. Following these, are the minute shells 
which, from their being formed of numerous chambers, 
have been generally associated with the Nautili , but, 
they differ essentially from them in their construction, 
which 
