i,7oo 



4,154 



8,i2 7 



534 



I,O0O 



472 



them, in itself no light task, he reported the following 

 to be, approximately, the result : — 



Birds' Eggs in Clutches . . . . 2,099 



Single Birds' Eggs . . . . . . 10,000 



Birds' Nests containing Clutches of Eggs 600 



Birds' Skins 



British Lepidoptera 



General Lepidoptera 



Lepidoptera Larvae 



Coleoptera and Varia 



Marine Mollusca 



Other Specimens 



Taken as a whole, the collections were reported to 

 consist of from 28,000 to 30,000 specimens. 



Considerable portions of these various collections 

 were already enclosed in cabinets, twenty-eight in 

 number, and, in addition, there were thirty-six loose 

 drawers, which have since been fitted up as a handsome 

 oak cabinet of three stacks, and filled with birds' nests 

 and their eggs. There were, also, a large number of 

 glazed exhibition trays, with clutches of eggs, mostly 

 British, named and localised in a manner suitable for 

 exhibition as a typical series ; and another set of eight 

 cabinet drawers fitted with divisions for birds' eggs. 

 Beyond what was thus received in cabinets and trays, 

 there was a great mass of material for which temporary 

 protection was provided in a large number of store 

 boxes. 



Having no room at the Museum either for receiving 

 or arranging this important gift, the first care of the 

 Committee was to provide suitable accommodation for 

 the purpose. This they were able to do by hiring the 

 premises No. 1, Berkeley Crescent, nearly opposite 

 the Museum, and, as soon as it could be taken in 



