Bird Hall Case 7

What is the thing in the armchair (is it related to the penguin [?] behind it)?

And why is there no rooster behind Foghorn Leghorn?

It's a bit weird how the toucan, hornbill and canary are just lying there as if they are dead instead of being mounted.

@Chlidonias I had never heard of "Opus the Penguin" before I saw this case. I agree, it does look weird. The mounted rooster that is supposed to be behind Foghorn Leghorn is "in preparation". I think that the curators wanted to put emphasis on the actual characters instead of the mounts by having mostly study skins in this case. It's a great space saving technique so maybe that's why they chose this style of preparation for this individual case.

I googled Opus the Penguin. I have seen a picture of the cartoon before somewhere (it looks vaguely familiar). I haven't seen the stuffed toy though - it isn't very penguin-like.

@Chlidonias exactly! It looks more like a deformed Dodo.

@Chlidonias Opus is a famous penguin from a comic strip called Bloom County that was popular in America in the 1980s.