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4. The smallest known bird and its nest.

5. Specimens illustrating Protective mimicry.

6. A selection of the more remarkable birds of the world (including the Lyre Bird, Bell Bird, Umbrella Bird, Apteryx, Bird of Paradise, etc.)

7. The Great Auk and a cast of its egg.

8. A small collection explaining confusion of popular nomenclature in the case of certain American birds, to which have been applied names properly belonging to totally different European birds.

9. Parts of the general systematic