. 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. '-^â ^-'''^ 403 /⢠^ - extremely rare and valuable fpecimen, Elh's Zooph. tab. 60. 61. 62. ~ â 0 (A/-^ 4033 BucciNUM Tritum, S, a very pigularhi Jhaped fpecks.^ \x% country, (4, ^ unknown, unique ^c^oCy^ 4034 Arca Legumen, « w^y? delicate ivhlte non-defcfipt fp
. 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. '-^â ^-'''^ 403 /⢠^ - extremely rare and valuable fpecimen, Elh's Zooph. tab. 60. 61. 62. ~ â 0 (A/-^ 4033 BucciNUM Tritum, S, a very pigularhi Jhaped fpecks.^ \x% country, (4, ^ unknown, unique ^c^oCy^ 4034 Arca Legumen, « w^y? delicate ivhlte non-defcfipt fpccies, extremely curious U- f. ^ and rare, the country unknoivn 4035 VoLUTA DamA, or Fauh,, a moji beautiful undefcribed/pedes, from the Coaji f of Guineaâunique ^ 4036 VoLUTA Calcarata, 3, a mofl curious fljell of the corenattd divifon of the genus^ -j J. undefcribed,, unique 4037 A beauliful undulated variety of Voluta Lapponicg, Li from Amhjnev^xtremely _ j. farce. Martyn, III. 89. 872. 873. 403S A I'cry fine Jpecimen of Helix uingens, Li i>r Grinncr^ a mofi curious ttrref- trial Snail, the country of which is unknown* That in the Brjtifh Muftum, (P. (ff â and this,. are all that nve inmv of /« England â 4039 A very perfedl fp?cimen of Voluta pacifica, .y. brought by Caj>t. Cff^, from the ^ . -Reef of Endeavour River, on the Ceaji of Ne-iV Holland C^AJ' £<yCC- 4040 7vJ0 fine Serpu-la Helicina, a very curious undefcrihed fpecits, remarkable fot their burrowing into Jlones and coral; ivith their native bed, a Madrepora phrygia. Tiey ivere brought from St. Mauritius, and are the only perfc^l fpecimens 3 i^UX^n^ ^o^\ A magnificent fpccimen of Voluta Imperialis, the moft perfect one kjowDa from the Straits of Mnlacca-^extremcly farce. E:»D sf the :. Dav'S'SaL?*;.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illu
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