PREFACE. 



THE Catalogue of the Osteological Series published in the year 1831 

 contained descriptions of 1936 specimens; of these 963 fonadd part 

 of the Hunterian Collection, and 973 were added by the College. In 

 the present Catalogue are descriptions of 5906 specimens ; of which 

 1431 were collected by Hunter, and 4475 by the College. The 

 additional Hunterian specimens have been derived from the stores 

 of the original collection, which contained skeletons, more or less 

 complete, of animals dissected by Hunter and preserved in an un- 

 articulated state. These have been carefuUy examined and com- 

 pared ; and every specimen in a condition to illustrate the Series, 

 for the completion of which it had been preserved, has been articu- 

 lated or otherwise made suitable for display in the Museum. These 

 specimens are marked " Hunterian." 



The remaining 4475 specimens added by the College have been 

 acquired, with few exceptions, either by donation or purchase, and 

 the liberality of donors is acknowledged in each instance by the affix 



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