66 NATURAL HISTORY. QuPPER FLOOR. 
( Fratercula ), and the Auk ( Alca ). Cases Nos. 35— 
38. 
The Pelicans ( Pelicanidce ) have, on the contrary, long 
and powerful wings, very short legs, and four toes, all 
united by a continuous web; as the Cormorant ( Phala - 
crocorax ), and the Gannet ( Sula ). 
The Gulls ( Laridoe ), Cases Nos. 39—42, have equally 
long wings, but the hind toe is free, and sometimes very 
short and rudimentary; as the Terns {Sterna), the 
Gulls ( Larus ), the Skua ( Lestris ), and the Petrel {Procel¬ 
lar ia). 
Cases 19—-22. These two tables contain a small 
collection of Birds* Eggs, chiefly British, arranged and 
named according to Temminck.—The following Eggs are 
in the Tables. Falco. Hobby—Kestrel—Golden Eagle 
—- Sparrow-Hawk — Kite — Buzzard — Harpy. Strix. 
Brown Owl—White Owl. Corvus. Raven—Carrion 
Crow—Hooded Crow—Rook—Jackdaw—Magpie — Jay. 
Pyrrhocorax. Red-legged Crow. Sturnus. Starling. 
Lanius. Great cinereous Shrike—Wood-chat—Red- 
backed Shrike. Muscicapa. Spotted Fly-catcher—Pied 
Fly-catcher. Turdus. Missel Thrush—Song Thrush 
—Blackbird. Cinclus. Water Ouzel. Sylvia. Grass¬ 
hopper Warbler—Sedge Warbler—Reed Wren—Nightin¬ 
gale— Blackcap—Pettychaps—White Throat—Babbling 
Warbler—Dartford Warbler—Redbreast—Redstart—Les¬ 
ser Pettychaps—Wood Wren—Yellow Wren—Golden 
crested Wren—Wren. Saxicola. Wheat-ear—Whin- 
chat—Stonechat. Accentor. Hedge Sparrow. Mo- 
tacilla. White Wagtail—Grey Wagtail—Yellow Wag¬ 
tail. Anthus. Meadow Lark—Titlark—Field Lark— 
Dusky Lark. A lauda. Sky Lark—Wood Lark—Crested 
Lark. Parus. Great Titmouse—Colemouse—Blue Tit¬ 
mouse—Blackcap Titmouse—Long-tailed Titmouse. Em- 
beriza. Yellow Bunting—Common Bunting—Reed 
Bunting—Cirl Bunting. Pyrrhula. Bullfinch. Frin- 
gilla. Greenfinch—House Sparrow—Mountain Finch 
—Chaffinch — Common Linnet—Redpole — Goldfinch— 
Canary. Picus. Green Woodpecker—Great spotted 
Woodpecker—Lesser spotted Woodpecker. Yunx. Wry¬ 
neck. Sitta. Nuthatch. Certhia. Common Creeper. 
Alcedo. King’s-fisher. Hirundo. Chimney Swallow— 
