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Exhibition Galleries to the Osteological Room, on account o£ their 

 great rarity, as a protective measure against the raids of hostile 

 aircraft. 



Mr. L. Charliers has worked in this part of the Museum at the 

 conservation of the Collections which have been received on behalf 

 of the Congo Museum at Tervueren. 



A Report has been issued on the Human Crania collected by 

 the British Ornithologists' Union Expedition and the Wollaston 

 Expedition to Dutch New Guinea. 



A number of casts of Whale-flippers have been made. 



AVES. 



The remounting of specimens in the Exhibition Gallery has been 

 continued, and the families Pycnonotidae, Troglodytidse, Cinclidse, 

 and Mimidge have been completed, with distribution-maps, 

 labels, &c. 



The rearrangement of the study series in the Bird Room has 

 been continued and the remaining portions of the Passeres have been 

 finally arranged in the cabinets, the names of the species placed on 

 the outside of each drawer and the names of the family and genera 

 on the outside of each cabinet ; the position of each species of the 

 entire collection has been entered in the Reference Catalogue. 



Register-numbers have been put on 3,233 eggs of the Seebohm 

 Collection and on 2,722 eggs of the Radcliffe Saunders Collection. 

 Help in labelling and preparing specimens for incorporation was 

 received from Mr. Cyril W. Mackworth Praed and Miss M. Garnett. 



The more notable presents were the following : — 



From Mr. A. L. Butler, a large and valuable collection of 

 European, Asiatic and African birds, including three types of new 

 species. From Mr. E. G. Herbert, a valuable collection of birds 

 and eggs from Siam. From Mr. J. D. La Touche, a large collection 

 of eggs from Eastern China. From Mr. G. L. Bates, a collection of 

 eggs from West Africa. From Mr. E. J. Brook, a valuable collection 

 from Western South America, including the types of five forms 

 recently described as new to science. From the Subscribers to the 

 British Ornithologists' Union Expedition to Dutch New Guinea, a 

 very large and valuable collection of birds and eggs from Dutch 

 New Guinea, including the types of nine newly described species. 

 From Lord Rothschild, F.R.S., a fine specimen of Keysser's 

 Cassowary, mounted in the Exhibition Gallery. From the Trustees 

 of the late James Rowland Ward, a restoration of the Great Auk 

 mounted for the Exhibition Gallery. 



During the year the study collection has been consulted by the 

 following visitors, who have been occupied in systematic work on 

 various groups : — Mr. E. C. Stuart Baker, Mr. T. Iredale, Colonel 

 Stephenson Clark, Mr. W. L. Sclater, Mr. E. Gibson, Lord 

 Rothschild, F.R.S., Dr. P. R. Lowe, Mr. ,G. M. Mathews, Mr. W. 

 Goodfellow, Mr. H. F. Witherby, Miss A. Jackson, Mr. W. E. 

 Wait, Dr. H. Langton, Dr. E. Hartert. 



