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(e) Examples of protective coloring, protective mimicry, etc.

(f) "Giants and Pygmies", or the largest and smallest members of certain groups.

(g) A series of eggs, showing a gradual transition in size from the egg of the extinct [[underlined]]AEpiornis[[\underlined]] to that of the smallest Humming bird. (Includes a nest of the latter with the bird perced upon it).

(h) Albinoes and other abnormal color-varieties, and malformations.

(i) Flightless birds, together with those extraordinary powers of flight, for contrast.

The visitor inquiring fo rthe Nightingale, the Shylark, the hoopoe, or the bullfinch, would find it in series "a"; the Mocking bird, the Whippoorwill, or the Bobolink, in series "b". Series "c" includes the lyre-bird, the toucan, the tailor-bird, weaver bird, crocodile-bird, condor, lammergeyer, eagle, albatross, etc. Series "i" includes the cassowary,