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Lists and Catalogues .24 



(Catalogues of Chiroptera and Birds.) 



Growth of the Collection . .26 



(Wallace Collection of Birds Beddome Collection of Indian 

 Eeptiles Ceratodus Mrs. Gray's Collection of Shells 

 Moggridge Collection Saunders Collection of Buprestidse 

 Brenchley Collection Mr. Blanford's Persian Collection.) 

 Grants for annual expenditure ....... 29 



The New Museum .......... 29 



1875-78. 



Arrangement of the Collection 30 



(Exhibition of British Nesting Birds" Transit of Venus " Col- 

 lections Dr. Briiggemann's work on Corals Mr. Carter's 

 work on Sponges.) 

 Catalogues ........... 33 



(Catalogue of Birds Mr. Busk's Catalogue of Polyzoa Illustra- 

 tions of types of Lepidoptera Heterocera.) 



Staff 34 



(Mr. 0. Thomas Mr. S. 0. Ridley Mr. F. J. Bell.) 



Growth of the Collection 35 



(" Transit of Venus " Collection Arctic Expedition Collection 

 Goodenough Collection Galapagos Collection Wel- 

 witsch Collection Godman and Salvin Collection of Eggs 

 Mr. R. T. Lowe's Collection of Shells First Challenger 

 Collection Bowerbank Collection of Sponges.) 

 Grants for annual expenditure ....... 38 



The New Museum 38 



(Cetacean Room The Northern Galleries Spirit Building- 

 Mammalian Galleries Furniture and Fittings Zoological 

 Library.) 



1879-81. 



Changes in the Staff 41 



(Death of Mr. F. Smith and Mr. A. W. E. O'Shaughnessy 



Mr. W. F. Kirby.) 

 Arrangement of the Collection ....... 42 



Catalogues 43 



Growth of the Collection 44 



(Collection of East India Company Challenger Collections 

 Gould Collection Exhibition of Humming Birds Godman 

 and Salvin Collection of Old- World Birds Hewitson 

 Collection Grote Collection Baly Collection F. Bates 

 Collection F. Smith Collection.) 



Census of the Collections 47 



Duplicates ........... 47 



Students and Visitors 48 



Grants for annual expenditure ....... 49 



The New Museum . . .49 



Departmental Library ......... 50 



