room iv.] natural history. (Animals.) 51 
Cases 9, 10. The Porcupine of the Old World; the fasciculated 
porcupines of India and Africa; the tree porcupine, or ursons, of 
North America; the spiny and hairy prehensile-tailed porcupines 
of Tropical America are on the upper shelves; the Cavies and genera 
allied to them, which are only found in South or Tropical America, 
are on the lower ones. 
Cases 11—13. The Hares of Europe, of North America, Africa, 
and India. 
Case 14. The different varieties of Rabbits, and the various kinds 
of tailless hares, from Europe, Asia, and America, on the upper shelves; 
and the Jerboas of North Africa and Asia, the leaping hare of South 
Africa, the chinchilla of South America, and the dormice of Europe, 
on the lower ones. 
Cases 15 — 17. The Taguans and Flying Squirrels of Asia and its 
islands; the Assapan of N. America; the Polatouche of Siberia, and 
the spiny-tailed squirrel of Fernando Po ; the large long-tailed Asiatic 
squirrel, with or without tufts on their ears, on the upper shelf; and 
the different species of the large North American, more or less grisled 
ones, on the lower shelves. 
Case 18. The South American squirrel on the upper, and the 
smaller grisled Asiatic species on the lower shelves. 
Case 19. The remainder of the Asiatic grisled squirrels on the 
upper, and the striped backed Asiatic species on the lower shelves. 
Case 20. The ground squirrels of Africa and India on the upper, 
and the striped pouched squirrels of North America and Europe on the 
lower shelves. 
Case 21. The various kind of Souslicks of North America and 
Europe. 
Case 22. The remainder of the Souslicks, the Marmots of America 
and Europe on the upper; and the different kinds of mole rats of 
Europe, the sand moles of the Cape of Good Hope, the bamboo 
rats of Malacca, the golden rats of Africa, and the Sewellel of North 
America, on the lower shelves. 
The Table Cases. The different kinds of Corals. 
Tables 1—32. The various kinds of star corals or madrepores; 
as the sandy corticifera, the sea mushroom ( Case 2); the brain stones 
(Case 10); the tree-like corals (Case 15); the clove coral of the Medi¬ 
terranean (Case 7); the millepore, wdiich grows extremely rapidly and 
expands itself with facility over all the different anomalous objects that 
come in its way: thus 'We h$ve it covering shells, bottles, horny corals, 
and assuming the form of all the things it covers. 
Over the Wall Cases are placed the fish which are too large to 
be inclosed in the Cases; as the Herschell pike fish, from the Cape of 
Good Hope; the Sudis, from the rivers of Berbice; the bony pike, 
from North America. 
FOURTH ROOM. 
The Wall Cases round the Room contain the collection of Fish, 
under the course of arrangement. 
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