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Case 3 and 4. Thrushes, Lanii or Butcher ROOM vm. 
birds : the Manura from New Holland, Tana- Nat - Hist * 
gers, Grosbeaks, Cuckows, Coucals, Toucans, 
and Barbets. 
Case 5 and 6 . Mackaws, Parrots and Par- 
rakeets, Woodpeckers, Humming Birds, King’s- 
fishers, and Goatsuckers. 
Case 7. Pigeons. 
Case 8 and 9. The Argus Pheasant, Grouse, 
Partridges, Quails, Pheasants, and the Jungle- 
Cock of India. 
Case 10. The Horned Screamer, Herons, 
Night Herons, Bitterns; the roseate Spoonbill 
and Hornbill. 
Case 11 and 12. The Numidian Demoiselle, 
Red Flamingo, Scarlet Ibis, Gallinules, the Tro¬ 
pic bird, Jacanas, Rails, Ducks, Mergansers, 
Divers, and Darters. 
Case 13 contains some curious nests and eggs 
of birds; the soup-nests formed by a species of 
swallow ; the nest of the tailor-bird, &c. On 
the lowermost shelf is deposited the supposed leg 
of the Dodo, &c. 
Tables 1 and 2 contain the Polyparia, or so¬ 
lid habitations of the Polypi vaginati, the third 
order, of the second class, of Lamarck’s Histoire 
nalurelle des Animaux sans vertebres , after whose 
system, the contents of most of the tables in this 
room are arranged. Amongst the specimens in 
this compartment, are the genera, Acetabulum, 
Flustra, Escara, Retepora, Millepora, Caryo- 
phylla. 
