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NATURAL HISTORY. 
[EAST. ZOOL. 
** Belluce et Brut a. „ 3 * Suina - 
Sus, 52. 
Fam. 3. Elephan- Choiropotamus. 
tidje, 52, 53. Phacoehcerus. 
1. Elephantina. Dicotyles, 52. 
Elephas. 
Loxodonta. 
Mastodon. 
2. Tapirina- 
Tapirus. 
4. Khinocerina. 
Rhinoceros. 
Hyrax, 52. 
5. Hippopotamina. 
Hippopotamus. 
Fam. 4. Dasypid.®. 
1. Martina . 
Manis, 53 
2. Dasypina. 
Dasypus, 53. 
Tatusia, 53. 
Prionodon, 53. 
Chlamyphorus. 
3. Orycteropina. 
Orycteropus, 53. 
Myrmecophagina. 
Myrmecophaga, 53. 
Tamandua, 53. 
.-Cyclothurus, 53. 
5. OrnithorJiynchina . 
Platypus, 54. 
Echidna, 54. 
Fam. 5. Brady- 
pidje. 
Bradypus, 54. 
Chaelopus, 54. 
4. 
EASTERN ZOOLOGICAL GALLERY. 
The Wall Cases contain the Collection of Birds; the smaller 
Table Cases in each recess contain Birds’ eggs, arranged in the same 
series as the birds; the larger Table Cases in the centre of the room, the 
collection of Shells of Molluscous animals; and on the top of the Wall 
Cases are a series of horns of hoofed quadrupeds. 
Birds may be characterized as warm-blooded vertebrated animals, 
which are covered with feathers, and are oviparous. They are divided 
into orders and families by the form of their limbs and beaks, as the 
modifications of these parts most prominently exhibit their habits. 
The British specimens of birds are distinguished by a B. on the end 
of the perch. 
1. The first section contains the Raptorial and Passerine birds, which 
generally build on trees or on high places, and have their young hatched 
blind and nearly naked, so that it is necessary they should be fed by 
their parents and kept for a time in the nest. 
The Raptorial or Birds of Prey, (the Accipitres of Linnaeus,) 
which constitute the first Order, are characterized by strong feet with 
sharp claws, and a powerful bill, the latter covered at the case by a 
naked skin, or cere, in which are placed the nostrils ; their stomach is al- 
most entirely membranous, and their sternum broad, giving attachment 
to the muscles of their long wings. They live chiefly on animal food, 
especially on other birds. The females are generally one4hird larger 
than the males ; their eggs usually white and spotless. 
Some of them, which feed chiefly by day, have their eyes placed on 
the sides of their head. 
The family of Griffins (Gypaetid^e, Case 1) have rather small heads 
and a long bill, surrounded at the base by tufts of bristles. The Lam- 
mergeiers, or Bearded Vultures of the Alps and Himalaya Mountains, 
are among the largest of the Raptorial Birds, and their quill feathers 
are often more than two feet and a half long. These are probably the 
Rock or Condor of the Orientals, the true Condor being only found in 
America. 
The family of Condors, ( C ath artid^, Cases 2 — 4,) found principally 
in America, have naked heads, slender lengthened bills, and longitudinal 
exposed nostrils: as the Condor, or Great Vulture of the Andes (Sar- 
coramphus ), and the Californian Vulture ( Cathartes ). 
The family of Vultures ( V ulturid.ze, Cases 5—7) have naked heads 
like the former, but their bills are strong and their nostrils are perpen- 
