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Department of Geology. 

 I. — Arrangement and Conservation. 



Mammalia (Galleries 1 and 2). — The Palseolithic implements 

 exhibited in table-case 1a have been retableted with new printed 

 labels. The unexhibited flint implements have also been re-arranged 

 in drawers. 



A skeleton of the extinct wolf, Canis dims, from the asphalt of 

 Rancho La Brea, California, has been prepared for mounting. 



The newly-acquired horn of Rhinoceros antiquitatis from Siberia 

 has been mounted on a corresponding skull in pier-case 6. 



A partially restored skeleton of the Oligocene American Camel, 

 Stenomi/lvs hitcJicocki, has been mounted and exhibited in pier- 

 case 13. 



Pier-case 18, containing British Pleistocene remains of Bos, 

 has been cleaned and re-arranged, and numerous specimens have been 

 mounted on stands. 



The labelling and arrangement of the remains of Rodentia 

 exhibited in table-case 16 have been completed. 



The unexhibited remains of Australian Marsupialia have been 

 examined, re-arranged and labelled in the drawers of table-case 14. 



Progress has been made with the preparation of an imperfect 

 skeleton of Elephas antiquns from Chatham, Kent. Numerous 

 mammalian remains from the Lower Tertiary formations of 

 Baluchistan have also been prepared for study. 



A revision of the unexhibited Mammalian remains in the base- 

 ment store-rooms has been completed. 



Number of specimens of Mammalia registered, 1,206. 



Aves (Gallery 2). — Two specimens of the pelvis of y^pyornis 

 liildehrandti have been mounted for exhibition in wall-case 25. 



The unexhibited collection of remains of JEpyornis, from Mada- 

 gascar, has been arranged, labelled, and indexed in the drawers of 

 table-case 12a. Part of the unexhibited collection of Dinornis from 

 New Zealand has also been arranged and labelled in drawers of the 

 same table-case. 



The unexhibited Tertiary bird-remains from Patagonia have been 

 arranged, labelled, and indexed in the drawers of table-case 13. 

 Progress has also been made with the arrangement and labelling of 

 the European Tertiary bird- remains in the drawers of the same 

 table-case. 



The unexhibited collection of Pleistocene bird-remains from the 

 Chatham Islands has been arranged and labelled in the drawers of 

 table-case 13a. 



Number of specimens of Aves registered, 458. 



Reptilia and Batracliia (Galleries 3, 4, 5, 11). — Progress has 

 been made with the preparation of Triassic Reptiles from South 

 Africa and Cretaceous Reptiles from Alberta, Canada. 



Number of specimens of Reptilia and Batrachia registered, 315. 



