Elephant Bones from Norfolk “ Forest Bed.” 
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Passing the Art Galleries, the 
Geological Collections 
should next be considered. Here is to be seen a wonderful 
series of the remains of gigantic Elephants from the 
Norfolk cc Forest Bed.” A tusk 9-ft. in length and huge 
limb bones as tall as a man indicate the size attained by 
these animals. A scale model, recently presented by the 
American Museum of Natural History, enables visitors to 
visualise the elephants to which the bones belonged. 
Cases on the left side contain remains of Deer, Hippo¬ 
potamus, Rhinoceros, Bear, Cetaceans, etc., from the 
same deposits which are often exposed on the coast from 
Sheringham to Mundesley. In the gallery there is an Index 
collection to the Geological formations of Great Britain 
inclusive of a very fine series of mollusca from the local 
Crag deposits and the Chalk which at Norwich exceeds 
1,000 ft. in thickness. 
The centre of the room is occupied by table cases with a 
collection of Minerals, Rocks, etc. 
Study Collections. 
M ANY collections have been withdrawn from public 
exhibition in recent years but may be used by students 
upon application at the Entrance Hall. 
The world-famous collection of Birds of Prey formed 
by John Henry Gurney and his son was for many years a 
conspicuous feature of the Norwich Museum. The many 
thousands of specimens have been converted into cabinet 
skins and made available for study. The collection 
contains many type and figured specimens, and the varia¬ 
tions of plumage of the species due to sex, age and locality 
will always make the collection one of the greatest treasures 
of the Museum and a lasting record of the interest evinced 
in the Museum by the Gurney family. 
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