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In this table are deposited a variety of eggs and room xi. 
nests; among the former may be noticed the eggs 
of the ostrich, the cassowary, &c. table 
In this room are preserved several of the rarer 
quadrupeds. Among these the most curious are 
the following: 
In the Cases between the JVindows. ' 
The black ouraiig oiitang, in a young state: 
the chesnut ourang outaiig, in a young state ; the 
long-tailed macauco; theshunk; 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, remai’kable for its 
thick form, the length of its hair, and the short¬ 
ness of its spines ; the lemurine opossum from 
New Holland; the vampyre, or great South Ame¬ 
rican bat; the duckbill, or, Ornithorynchus para¬ 
doxus, from New Holland; a large antelope ; a 
small ditto ; the long-tailed manis or pangolin ; 
the short-tailed ditto ; sloths, in a very young 
state, one the two-toed, the other the three¬ 
toed species ; an elegant specimen of the two-toed 
ant-eater. 
TV/ELFTH 
