NATURAL HISTORY. 
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from Jamaica and Western Africa. The Cape porpoise, and the Cape 
dolphin; and the platanista, or long-beaked dolphin of the Ganges. 
The General Collections of Corals are contained in the 
Table Cases ; they are in progress of arrangement. 
In Tables 1—20. The various kinds of Star Corals or Madrepores, 
as the Sea Mushroom , the Brain Stone , Clove-Corals , the Millepore. 
Tables 20—31. The Barked Corals, which generally assume the 
form of trees, as the Tree Coral , the Gorgonice , or Sea Fans. Sea 
Pens. 
EASTERN ZOOLOGICAL GALLERY. 
The Wall Cases contain the collection of Birds ; the larger Table 
Cases, in the centre of the Room, contain the collection of Shells 
of Molluscous Animals ; and on the top cf the Wall Cases is a 
series of Horns of different kinds of Deer and Rhinoceri. 
General Collections of Birds are placed in the Wall Cases. 
Wall Cases 1—35. The Raptorial Birds. 
They are subdivided into the following great divisions. The Di¬ 
urnal Birds of Prey are contained in Cases 1—30. 
Case 1. The Bearded Vulture of the Alps and Himalayan Moun¬ 
tains. These birds live chiefly on carrion. 
Cases 2—7. Various species of Vultures, as the Alpine vulture, 
from North Africa; the black, carrion, and king vultures, from North 
and South America; the Californian, and condor, or great vulture of 
the Andes; the fulvous vulture, from Europe and Africa; cinereous 
vulture, from Northern Africa; sociable vulture, from South Africa; 
and the Angola vulture, from Congo. 
Cases 8—30. The Falcons, which are further divided : 
Cases 8—17. The different Eagles which prey on living quadru¬ 
peds, birds, and fish, as the golden eagle of Europe, &c.; booted 
eagle of Egypt; crested goshawk, of South America,; Brazilian eagle; 
laughing falcon, from British Guiana; harpy eagle of South America; 
bacha eagle of India and Africa; Jean le Blanc eagle of Europe, 
Java, &c.; marine eagle, from the Indian Archipelago ; osprej^, from 
various parts of the world; short-tailed falcon, from the Cape of Good 
Hope ; and the Pondicherry eagle, from the continent of India, which 
bird is worshipped by the Brahmins. 
Case 18. The different species of Caracaras, which are peculiar 
to South America, as the red-throated falcon, chimachima, and the 
Brazilian kite. 
Cases 19—24. Specimens of Buzzards: they are sluggish, and 
pounce on their prey on the ground, as the craxirex, from Galapagos; 
Buzzard; and the rough-legged falcon of Europe. 
Cases 22, 23. Various species of Kites: the weakness of their bill 
occasions some of them to feed principally on insects; as the cohy 
falcon of India; honey buzzard, from various parts of the world; 
swallow-tailed falcon of North America; kite of Europe; and the 
spotted-tailed hobby of North America. 
Cases 24—26. The true Falcons, which are the most courageous 
