. 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. C'T^.^'i^ (-< .. .. .. ( 6 ) y PETRIFACriONSy SHE LIS, CORALS, t^cr Part of a Nautiluf, with the pearly coat, from Brentford, Mi,Ulefcx, and a fe<Srioif of a NautUites, finely exhibiting the concamerations, from Somcrfetjlnire 3ladrepora inuiicata, from the Eajl Indies,
. 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. C'T^.^'i^ (-< .. .. .. ( 6 ) y PETRIFACriONSy SHE LIS, CORALS, t^cr Part of a Nautiluf, with the pearly coat, from Brentford, Mi,Ulefcx, and a fe<Srioif of a NautUites, finely exhibiting the concamerations, from Somcrfetjlnire 3ladrepora inuiicata, from the Eajl Indies, and a fingiilar fpecinien of Ifis nobilis, - L, or red Coral furrounding a black Coral, from Sicily A fine fpecimeii of Mytilus hyotis, L. (the Oftrea hyotis, fS") or thorny Cockfcomb^ - Oyfltr, Irom China—"verj rare ' Venus decullata, meretrix, gallina, L. and 12 other bivalves A fine double Madrepora Fungite:, L. or Sea iMufliroom ——— • ——— A fine Spoad) lus Gaideropus, L.—IF. Indies ____ Mytilus biJcns, L.—Fal'Ja/id's I/Iands, and Mytilus pidus, S. a. Mediterranean—^ hotk fine ~~— Tjvo Znnaria, L. Eajl Indies, and 6 other curious and rare comprefled Helices Chiton aculeatus, 2 fpecimcns, fquamofus, L datdaleus, olivaceus^,& rugofus, S. — A fine Chama Cor, or Fool's-cap Cockle, rare ~ A fine pair of Bulla aehatina, L. or the narrow-ftriped Zebra Snail, from the£<7/e-^— Voluta Nobilis, aS". an extremely rare fpecies of the Mufic kind, from the E. Indies^ Lijl 799. 6. Cardium cardiffa, L. or Venus's Heart Cockle, Jine and rare --—— ~~~~ 78 79 So 81 82 «3 84 86 87 89 90 91 92 S3 94 9^ 96 97 99 iOO Conus genuanus, or Guinea Admiral, very fcarce^ A - Echinus cidaris, L. or mammillated Sea Egg, from the Red Sea—'veiy fine-and/carte ~ Strombus fufus, L. var. Chinenfis, or the Chinefe Spindle, a fine pair, rare A large fpecimen of the fmooth purple Magellanic Mufcle, very rare—poUfijed Argonauta Argo, L. or paper Nautilus of
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