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Whale Room. — To the series o£ casts of flippers exhibited on the 

 walls of the galleries have been added preparations of the following 

 Cetacea : — Mesoplodon, from Rosslare ; Cuvier's Whale (Ziphius 

 cavirostris), from Co. Wexford ; White-beaked Dolphin {Lageno- 

 rhynchus albirostris), from the Inner Hebrides ; Bottle-nosed Dolphin 

 (Tursiops truncatus), from St. Mary's, Scilly Islands ; Common 

 Dolphin (^Delphinus delpliis), from Co. Donegal. 



Study Series. — The usual work of labelling, registering and 

 incorporating the mammals added to the collection, and their skulls,, 

 has been continued, though much impeded by the absence of the 

 lady label-writer hitherto employed. 



The whole collection of skins of Cliiroptera has been rearranged 

 and spaced, to facilitate Dr. Andersen's work on the Order. The 

 rearrangement of the Ungulata has also been continued, as the 

 result of the publication of the volumes of Mr. Lydekker's Catalogue. 



Mr. R. C. Wroughton, Mr. T. B. Fry, and Mr. Martin Hinton 

 have again afforded valuable help in working out accessions lo the 

 collection, Mr. W roughton especially in connection with the large 

 series obtained through the Bombay Natural History Society's 

 Mammal Survey. The species have all been named, reports written 

 on them, and series selected for registration and distribution. Much 

 voluntary assistance has also been given by Miss G. M. Hayman in 

 cleaning skulls ; and this help has been of particular value owing 

 to the depletion of the ordinary staff. The services of Dr. Knud 

 Andersen have been continued for the preparation of the second 

 volume of the Catalogue of Bats. 



The fourth volume of the Catalogue of Ungulates, by R. 

 Lydekker, was published in 1915, and the greater portion of the 

 fifth had been prepared before his death in April. 



Osteological Room. — The arrangement of the skeleton collection 

 has made progress. A cabinet for the bones of large Ungulates has 

 been added, but the storage of the Equida3 is still in an unsatisfactory 

 state. 



A number of new skeletons of British Birds have been prepared, 

 to replace old and imperfect specimens. A new Cabinet for Birds' 

 skeletons has been added. 



A new sand-pit of large size has been constructed, and will be 

 specially useful for preparing the skeletons of Whales. 



AVES. 



The remounting of specimens in the General Gallery has made 

 considerable progress, and the families Phytotomidse, Pittidse, Phile- 

 pittidfe, Xenicidse, Hirundinidse, Muscicapidas, (kmpophagidse, and 

 Timeliidfe have been completed, with distribution-maps, labels, &c. 

 Among the more noteworthy additions to the Gallery may be men- 

 tioned two examples of Darwin's Rhea (Rhea dandni) and a model 

 of the Dodo {Didus ineptus) presented by the Trustees of the late 

 James Rowland Ward. 



