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room viii. jangle cock of India, which some have supposed 
NatThist. to be the original stock from whence our domestic 
fowls have sprung. 
Case 9. Horned screamer, wood-grouse, par¬ 
tridges, quails, and a specimen of the common 
wild pintado of Africa. 
Case 10. The ajutant crane, tiger bittern, 
boat-bill, tufted umber, rose-coloured spoonbill, &c. 
Case 11. Scarlet curlew, scarlet flamingo, Ame¬ 
rican avoset, &c. 
Case 12. Darters, divers, &c. 
Case 13. Contains some curious nests and eggs 
of birds; the soup-nests formed by a species of 
swallow ; the nest of the tavlor bird, &c. In the 
lowermost shelf is deposited the supposed leg of 
the Dodo, &c. 
Tables 14 to 29. Contain the shells of mollus¬ 
cous animals, &c. the greatest portion of which 
were left to the Museum by the Rev. C. M. Cra- 
cherode. Amongst these are, 1. Mollusca gaste¬ 
ropoda, or univalve shells ; amongst these are, the 
elongated scutus; Jamaica fissurella ; star, black 
and tortoiseshell limpets; distorted calyptrsea, 
waved mitella; Cracherodian earshell; stircase 
padolius, wood-veined scaphander, with its testa¬ 
ceous stomach (which has been described as a 
mulivalve shell) ; various species of nerita ; three- 
banded bulimulus from the West Indies /which 
also 
* Arranged according to the structure of their inhabitants. 
