A Guide to the Exhibition Rooms of the Departments of Natural History and Antiquitiesorder of the Trustees, 1877 - 156 pages |
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... Borneo , with its singular long nose ; here also may be noticed the Entellus , or Sacred Monkey of the Hindoos , which is religiously preserved about their sacred enclosures ; the Douc , with FLOOR . ] 5 MAMMALIA SALOON .
... Borneo , with its singular long nose ; here also may be noticed the Entellus , or Sacred Monkey of the Hindoos , which is religiously preserved about their sacred enclosures ; the Douc , with FLOOR . ] 5 MAMMALIA SALOON .
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... noticed the Petauri or Flying Phalangers ; the Cuscus , natives of New Guinea and the adjacent islands , with prehensile tails ; the dwarf Opossum Mouse and curious - footed Tarsipes of King George's Sound . The Koala , called by the ...
... noticed the Petauri or Flying Phalangers ; the Cuscus , natives of New Guinea and the adjacent islands , with prehensile tails ; the dwarf Opossum Mouse and curious - footed Tarsipes of King George's Sound . The Koala , called by the ...
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... noticed the great Hawk and Eagle Owls ; the Snowy Owl of North Europe and America . The long feathers of the eared Owls must assist in col- lecting the slightest sound ; the birds themselves glide noiselessly through the air . Cases 36 ...
... noticed the great Hawk and Eagle Owls ; the Snowy Owl of North Europe and America . The long feathers of the eared Owls must assist in col- lecting the slightest sound ; the birds themselves glide noiselessly through the air . Cases 36 ...
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... noticed as forming the more important families of this division . ROOM III . Excepting Case 11 and part of Case 7 , the whole of the Wall Cases in this room are devoted to Reptilian remains ; and amongst them may be first noticed the ...
... noticed as forming the more important families of this division . ROOM III . Excepting Case 11 and part of Case 7 , the whole of the Wall Cases in this room are devoted to Reptilian remains ; and amongst them may be first noticed the ...
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... noticed the Notornis Mantelli , a very large species of the Rail family . The first indication of this bird was given by some fragments of the skull found with remains of other birds , in superficial deposits of New Zealand , by Mr. W ...
... noticed the Notornis Mantelli , a very large species of the Rail family . The first indication of this bird was given by some fragments of the skull found with remains of other birds , in superficial deposits of New Zealand , by Mr. W ...
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Page 25 - Hudson, from an original by Richardson. Oliver Cromwell, by Walker (bequeathed, 1784, by Sir Robert Rich, Bart., to whose great-grandfather, Nathaniel Rich, Esq., then serving as a Colonel of Horse in the Parliament Army, it was presented by Cromwell himself). Mary Davis, an inhabitant of Great Saughall in Cheshire, taken 1668, "cetatis 74...
Page 144 - Inscriptions in the Phoenician Character, discovered on the site of Carthage, during Researches by Nathan Davis, Esq., 1856-58. 1863, fol. £1 5*.
Page 95 - Part of a series of sculptures which originally lined the two walls of a long narrow gallery, leading, by an inclined plane, from Kouyunjik towards the Tigris.
Page 96 - The next six (Nos. 51-56) formed originally part of a series illustrating the architectural works of that king, including, probably, the construction of the very edifice from which the slabs were obtained. On Nos. 51 and 52 is seen the conveyance of a colossal human-headed bull, lying sideways on a sledge, which is propelled, over wooden rollers, partly by ropes in front, partly by a lever behind. On one side...
Page 83 - Greeks heroon, and so greatly excelled all other sepulchral monuments in size, beauty of design, and richness of decoration, that it was reckoned one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world, and the name Mausoleum came to be applied to all similar monuments.
Page 138 - Pelion, and Thetis consenting to be the bride of Peleus, in the presence of Poseidon and Eros. On the bottom of the vase, which is detached, is a bust of Atys.