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NATURAL HISTORY. [UPPER FLOOR. 
On the wall,, between the windows, are the horns of some 
species of Rhinoceros, and round the Room, over the 
Cases, are suspended a series of the horns of various species 
of Deer ( Cervus ), as the Elk, the Roe-buck, the Virginian 
and Mexican Deer, the Rein-Deer, the Indian Deer (Cer- 
vus hippelaphus), and its varieties ; the common Stag and 
the Wapiti. On the top of the Cases are the Skulls of a 
Rhinoceros from India, two Giraffes, a Babirousa, and of 
several species of Dolphin ( DelpJiinus ). 
The elephant’s tusks presented by H. R. H. the Duke 
of Sussex, originally placed over the Case on the south 
side of the room, have been adapted to the skeleton in the 
centre of the room, in order to replace the original tusks, 
which had been sawn off near their insertion into the skull. 
The basal portions of the tusks which remained in the 
head are placed on the mantel-piece, on the east side of 
this apartment. 
The Skeleton of the Elephant was presented to the 
British Museum by General Sir Jasper Nicolls, and Ma¬ 
jor-General Hardwicke. It is from India. With it is 
the Skeleton of the Virginian Deer, presented by the Earl 
of Derby, and another of the Arctic Wolf, presented by 
Richard King, Esq. 
ELEVENTH ROOM. 
This Room contains the collection of Fish. 
The upright Cases round the Room, No. 24 and Nos. 
1—8, contain the series of dried Fish. 
Cases 24, 1 and 2 contain the Acanthopterygian 
Fishes, or those which have spinous inarticulated rays to 
the dorsal fins. 
In Case 24 are the Perch tribe, ( Percidce ,) most of which 
as the Common and Sea Perch, have the ventral fins placed 
on the thorax, before the pectoral. All these have seven 
branchiostegous rays. Others (Cirrkites) have less than 
seven; and some few ( Holocentrum , Trachichtliys) have 
more. The Weavers, or Otter-Pike, ( Trachini ,) and the 
Star-gazer ( Uranoscopus ), have the ventral fins just be¬ 
hind the pectoral. The Paradise Fish ( Polynemus ) and the 
Mullet ( Mullus ) have the ventral fins placed on the hinder 
part of the body. 
The Gurnards ( Triglidce ) are distinguished from the other 
