. A catalogue of the Portland Museum : lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland deceased which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Skinner and Co. on Monday the 24th of April, 1786, and the thirty-seven following days ... Sundays, and the 5th of June ... excepted ... Zoological specimens; Art objects; Mollusks. ( 75 ) 1664. 1666 1667 1669 1676 1677 I67S 0^: J 680 1682 ^683 ^ *687 lirOjyfLl^ 1688 1684 1685 1686 Two Curtovis birds of the Gerthia genus, from Santhvh'h IJlands-^a nciv fpccki â â .. The Embcriza Nivalis, or Snow Bunting, >n(ih'and foanleârare Two fine red birds, with b
. A catalogue of the Portland Museum : lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland deceased which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Skinner and Co. on Monday the 24th of April, 1786, and the thirty-seven following days ... Sundays, and the 5th of June ... excepted ... Zoological specimens; Art objects; Mollusks. ( 75 ) 1664. 1666 1667 1669 1676 1677 I67S 0^: J 680 1682 ^683 ^ *687 lirOjyfLl^ 1688 1684 1685 1686 Two Curtovis birds of the Gerthia genus, from Santhvh'h IJlands-^a nciv fpccki â â .. The Embcriza Nivalis, or Snow Bunting, >n(ih'and foanleârare Two fine red birds, with black wings and tails, of the Certhia genus, from Sandivicb IJlanihâa nevj/pedes A-curious 7iofi--dcferlpt hird of the Upupa genus., green and purple, with a '.cng white fpottid tail A fine Tantalus Ruber, i. or fcarlet Curlew, from South Americaârare A large and fine crefted Grebe, with it's wings extended, in a neat mahogany gJafs cafe, ivith a looking-glafs back^ -lock andkiy Another fine Tantalus ruber, L. or fcarlet Curlew, from South Americaâ-rare SEPTARIA SPARS, CRrSTJLS, ORES, ^c. A feiftion of a. very large and fine Septarlum, compofed of a dark-coloured Clay, with rich yellow Septa, from Dorfet/iire, polijhtd A large and fine fpecimen of coloured Mundic, from Staffordfirc, and a group of th ree large Cubes of Amethyftine Fluor, coated and bordered with brown Terra ponderola, from C«OT^fr/<7»iT' A large and fine fpecimen of the Marmaroides Dendropotamltes of Da Cofla, (See his Hifory of Fojfls) or Landfcape Marble, from Cottam, near Brifol, polijhed Solid Ore of Antimony, finely coloured, from Hungary ; white f/athofe Lead Ore, S^oiland; Peacock Coal, Ireland\ and a cavernous Stone, with yellow Cryftals, Glouccflcrjlnre Two different Septaria ; a diced Lead Ore with Cubic Fluors, Spars, and Mar- cafites; a group of Cryflals^vvith Terra Ponderofa ; a Brufh Iron Ore, Foref &f Dean ; and a fingular Spar from the Hartz A very large and fine botryoid fpeci
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