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Case 3 and 4. Thrushes, Lanii or Butcher 
birds : the Manura from New Holland, Tana- 
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 
Tropic 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 5 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 
natiirelle des Animauo) 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, 
ROOM VIII. 
Nat. Hist. 
