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anomalous, that Dr. Shaw, who first described 
this “ most extraordinary genus ” in the Na¬ 
turalist’s Miscellany, hesitated whether to admit 
it into his History of Quadrupeds, in the first 
volume of his General Zoology,—for as the 
original description was given from the only 
individual at that time known, £S it was ”, he 
tells us, u impossible not to entertain some doubts 
as to the genuine nature of the animal, and to 
surmise, that though in appearance perfectly 
natural, there might still have been practised 
some arts of deception in its structure.” An 
animal, c< exhibiting the perfect resemblance of 
the beak of a duck engrafted on the head of a 
quadruped,” might well excite suspicions of im¬ 
posture, till its claim to be received as a genuine 
production of nature was confirmed, by the ar¬ 
rival of other specimens from the same locality. 
Case 24 contains Mammalia preserved in 
spirits :—amongst them are several species of 
Monkeys, some Bats, and some marsupial ani¬ 
mals, with their young ; as well as some ceta¬ 
ceous animals in a very young state. Most of 
the Bats preserved in a dried state, are placed 
in small, shallow Cases, fixed to the larger up¬ 
right Cases, in order that their wings may be 
more distinctly visible. 
Case 25 contains the frugivorous Bats ( Pte - 
ropi ), as the Egyptian Bat (Pteropus Egyp - 
tiacus\ the Striped-eared Bat (P. marginatus ) 
d from 
SALOON. 
