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shoe Bats (Rhinolophus tridens , Rh. unidias- 
tatus and Rh. hihastatus ), and the large nose¬ 
leaved Bats ( Megaderma from, Geoff). 
NINTH ROOM. 
The Mammalia in the upper Cases in this apart¬ 
ment are supplementary to those in the Saloon, 
and are placed here for want of sufficient space 
in that room. Amongst them are the Nepaul 
and Egyptian Goats, another specimen of the 
Musk Deer, the Egyptian Antelope and its 
fawn, the Persian Bull and Cow, and the Spotted¬ 
nosed Antelope. Above these Cases, and fixed 
against the wall, is the tanned skin of a large 
species of Boa, killed at Minas Geraes, in South 
America. The skins of these enormous ser¬ 
pents, when prepared in this manner, are used 
by the natives for making boots, &c. Over the 
Case No. 1, is the nest of a species of Wasp, 
from India. The portrait over the western en¬ 
trance is that of Sir Hans Sloane, the founder 
of the Collection of Natural History ; and an 
original portrait of John Ray, onp of the earliest 
and most illustrious of scientific British natural¬ 
ists, is placed over the eastern door. In this 
apartment are also deposited the collections of 
Amphibious and Invertebrate animals, preserved 
in spirits: some Reptiles, and a small col- 
d 2 lection 
SALOON. 
ROOM IX. 
