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E0 ^ XL ncan vulture called the Condor ; a leg of the 
Hat. Hist. J)odo, ill a glass. 
In this table are deposited a variety of eggs and 
nests : among the former may be noticed the eggs 
of the ostrich., the cassowary, the crocodile, &c» 
In this room are preserved several of the rarer 
quadrupeds. Among these the most curious are 
the following : 
In the Cases between the Windows . 
The Black ourang-outang, in a young state ; 
the chesnut ourang-outang, in a young state; the 
long-tailed macauco; the skunk; the ermine, &c. 
In other Parts of the Room « 
The sea otter ; the musk, from Thibet ; the 
great armadillo ; the long-tailed Brasilian porcu¬ 
pine ; the Canada porcupine, remarkable for its 
thick form, the length of its hair, and the short¬ 
ness of its spines ; the lemurine opossum from 
New Holland ; the vampyre or great South Ame¬ 
rican bat ; the Platypus anatinus or duckbill (by 
some called Omithorynchus paradoxus) from 
New Holland, the most singular of all quadru¬ 
peds ; a large antelope ; the long tailed manis or 
pangolin ; the short tailed ditto ; sloths, in a 
very young state, one the two-toed, the other 
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