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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; 
bills of various rare birds, of which the most 
remarkable are several kinds of rhinoceros-bird’s 
bills; quills; feathers of the great South Ame¬ 
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 the Windows . 
The Black ourang outang, in a young state; 
the chesnut ourang outang, in a young state; the 
long-tailed inacauco ; the skunk ; the ermine, &c. 
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 
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