3i6 NATURAL SCIENCE. may. 



The southern end of the room is occupied entirely by a wall-case 

 devoted to the zoology of the Vertebrata, designed and arranged by 

 Mr. Collinge, of Mason College, Birmingham, and surmounted by a 

 pair of antlers of the Irish elk found in County Tipperary in 1845 

 and presented to the school by the late Rev. J. P. Rhoades. These 

 antlers were at that time the largest and finest which had been found 

 in Ireland, but larger ones have since been found. 



Along the east wall are book-shelves filled with books devoted to 

 natural history. This library has been gradually and carefully 

 selected, and is now fairly representative of the more popular side of 

 the various branches of the subject. The rest of the wall-space is 

 occupied by cases and cabinets. One case contains an admirably 

 stuffed specimen of a badger, shot some years ago in the neighbour- 

 hood of Rugby, and set up with a model of its natural run. Another 

 case is intended for a crystallographic collection in course of arrange- 

 ment by a member of the school. 



The north wall is similarly occupied by the entomological and 

 other cabinets. On this wall is a case containing numerous specimens 

 of exotic butterflies. The centre of the wall-space is occupied by 

 the fossil remains of one of the large extinct New Zealand birds. On 

 the same side stands a mummy, whose history is unknown to the 

 present writer, and on whose genuineness many aspersions had been 

 cast, until a photograph taken through the wrappings by means of 

 the X Rays revealed the bones in situ. 



The entrance door is in the north-west corner and the western 

 wall is occupied by the cabinet containing a herbarium and two cases 

 containing native Samoan clothing, presented by the Rev. S. H. 

 Whitmee, a former missionary. There is also one of the " Magic 

 Mirrors" of Japan, presented by Professor Sylvanus Thompson. 



The floor-space is occupied by cases. One extending three- 

 quarters of the length of the room contains the collection of local 

 fossils whose history has been sketched above. Parallel to this, in 

 the centre of the room, are two cases devoted to a purely educational 

 geological collection, partly arranged by Mr. Collinge ; while on the 

 opposite side are a series of cupboards quite unarranged and contain- 

 ing the rest of the geological specimens. On the top of these cup- 

 boards is a table-case containing a type-series of Invertebrata, also 

 arranged by Mr. Collinge. Crossing these on the south side is 

 another series of cupboards, brought, like the others, from the Arnold 

 Library, with a table-case on the top containing polished agates and 

 other stones. Corresponding to this on the north side is another 

 table-case of mahogany containing a series of minerals, most of which 

 have been selected from the old dusty collections, arranged, and 

 skilfully labelled by a present member of the school. These now 

 form an excellent representative series of all the more common, and 

 some rare, minerals, arranged on the basis of their chemical composi- 

 tion. Near this, in the corner of the room opposite the door, is a 



