tatus), and the large nose-leaved Bats (Megaderma 
from, Geoff.). 
SALOON. 
Nat. Hist. 
NINTH ROOM. 
The Mammalia in the upper Cases in this apartment ROOM IX. 
are supplementary to those in the Saloon, and are placed Nat HlSTt 
here for want of sufficient space in that room. Amongst 
them are the Nepaul and Egyptian Goats, another spe¬ 
cimen 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 serpents, when prepared in this man¬ 
ner, are used by the natives for making boots, &c. 
Over the Case No. 1, is the nest of a species of Wasp, 
from India. In this apartment are also deposited the 
collections of Amphibious and Invertebrate animals, 
preserved in spirits: some Reptiles, and a small col¬ 
lection of Crustaceous animals, Spiders, and Insects*. 
The upright Cases contain Amphibia, and Inverte- 
brated animals, in spirits. In Cases No. 1 and 2, are 
the various species of Frogs (Rana), some of a large 
size. Amongst them is the Jacky (Rana jparadooca ), 
the tadpole, or larva of which, is larger than the per¬ 
fect animal, losing, at its metamorphosis, its enormous 
tail and external skin; whence the older naturalists 
fenoiocl the order of nature was- reversed in this animal, 
and that the frog became-a tadpole, or, as they called ^ 
it, a fish/an error long since exploded. The Tree p 
Frogs ( Hyla ), have the ends of their toes dilated into a 
roundish disk, by which they climb. The Horned Frogs 
have the eyebrows extended into horns. 
In Case 3 are Toads ( Bufo ), some of them exceed¬ 
ingly large. The Rombinatores, or Earless Toads, dif¬ 
fer from the others, merely by having the tympanum 
* The last three are exhibited merely as an outline of the arrange¬ 
ment of those subjects. 
concealed 
