12. Circular Aviary for _Birds of Prey_

containing a _fine griffon vulture_, a white-headed _North American

eagle, hawks, falcons_, and _owls_; among the latter is the _great

horned owl_. This is supposed by Linnaeus, and many antiquaries, to have

been the bird of Minerva. The collection is remarkably splendid.

13. Hut for _Beavers_.

14. Hut for _Foreign Goats._

15. Enclosed Area and Fountain for _Aquatic Birds_, as pelicans,

Solan geese, China geese, black swans, &c.

16. Aviary.

Here are three handsome crested cranes, four Indian spoonbills, together

with three storks, three or four cockatoos, whose brilliant plumage

outvies the gayest robe of art, and three curassos.

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