room in.] natural history. (Animals.) 33 
and some of the Sea Hearts, the species of which are continued into 
and occupy Case 10. 
Tables 11—18. The Star-Fish. 
Some have five and others many rays; some have the surface 
scattered with tubercles placed on the junction of a net-like skeleton, 
and others are formed of flat-topped pieces, like a tessellated pavement, 
each separate stem being fringed with an edge of minuter pieces; some 
of them bear on the top of each of the flat pieces a solid tubercle, 
which often falls off* when the animal is dead. 
Tables 19—23. The Lizard-tailed Star-Fish, 
so called because they often throw off the end of their rays when they 
are handled or put into fresh water, as lizards do when they are caugh 
and cannot escape. 
Table 23. The Gorgon’s Head, 
the arms of which are repeated branches, so as to end in in¬ 
numerable flexible filaments, by which the animal attaches itself to 
marine bodies, and strains its food from the surrounding water. 
Table 24. The Comatula , or Sea Wigs, 
which are the recent representatives of encrinites, found so abundantly 
in certain rocks. 
On the side of the door is a small Case containing the Encrinite 
from the West Indies. 
THIRD ROOM. 
The British Zoological Collection is contained in this 
Room. 
The Wall Cases are occupied with the collection of British Verte- 
brated Animals, the larger species being suspended on the Walls or 
placed on the tops of the Cases. The Table Cases contain the Eggs 
of the Birds; a series of British Annulose Animals, to illustrate the 
arrangement of the British Insects; Spiders and Crabs; the Collec¬ 
tions of the shells and external skeletons of British Molluscous and 
Radiated Animals. 
British Mammalia. Wall Cases 1—9. 
Case 1. The upper part is occupied with the British Bats. 
Cases 1—5. The Carnivorous Beasts, as the cats, foxes, marten, 
stoat, seals. 
Case 5. The lower part contains the Insectivorous Beasts, as the 
shrewmice, mole, hedgehog. 
Cases 5, 6. The Glirine Beasts, as the rats, mice, squirrels, rabbits, 
hares. 
Cases 7—9. The Ungulated Beasts, as the stag, roebuck, and 
fallow deer. 
