. 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 so ) 6^/-^ u 0(,. 179 Thii ty-two cards of lliells of various genera -ââ 180 Six fine fpecies of Cardium, viz. Coftatum, medium, echiiiatin«, L. folldum, variegatum, & muricatiim, ^. i3[ Conns betulinus, literatus, and Prometheus, all fine 182 A fine pair of Cyprsea
. 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 so ) 6^/-^ u 0(,. 179 Thii ty-two cards of lliells of various genera -ââ 180 Six fine fpecies of Cardium, viz. Coftatum, medium, echiiiatin«, L. folldum, variegatum, & muricatiim, ^. i3[ Conns betulinus, literatus, and Prometheus, all fine 182 A fine pair of Cyprsea Mappa, L, or Map Cowry, rare â ââ 183 Area peiftunculus, e. S. from the SoutJj S&asâvery rare â â â 184 Afterias Caput Medufcc, an Echinus cidaris, L. ivith it's /fines ; various fpecies of Cancer, &c. ^~ ' 18^ Nine fine Echini, placenta, orbiculus, Zee. fame rare â 186 Oflrca. grandis, 5. from Halifax in N. America . 187 Voltita Ebrrca, 2.,fine Murcx pyrum, L. Buccinum maculofum, "S". and 2 other r^ire fliells i 83 Ser^)ula'Gigantea adhering to a Madre^ora, with it's Operculum, r^jrf, and another Serpula adhering to a Peften, from Sicily ' 189 Two Ammonitre, parts of 2 others with waved chambers, 3 groups of ditto, &Co â 190 Five curious Sponges, viz.'Fiflularis, L. the wire, &c. â 191 Twelve fpecies of Nerita, in pairs, 192 Fourteen fine fpecimens of Haliotis, or Ear-ihells, among which are Afmina, /L. Ins, ont from Nciv Hollandârare, &cc. " 193 Forty cards of IMultivalve fhells, of various genera, many of them lahclhd 194 Two varieties of Millepora ccUulofa, alcicornis, coriacea, Z. and 3 curious _ Madrepores 195 Voluta reticulata, L. and Ccelata, 5.âhoth rare _ â '- 196 Twelve fine terreftrial Snails, -allJ'carce . â -ââ.ââ- 197 A pair of Strombus fcorpius, Z,. and a young one, tvith the fingers Hot formed , 198 Three fpecies of Pinna, viz. Nobilis, rotundata, I, Sc peitinata, L. the laji En- glify, a
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