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Department of Geology. 

 I. — Arrangement and Conservation. 



Mammalia (Galleries 1 and 2). — The unexhibited collection o£ 

 Primates and Carnivora in the drawers of table-cases 2, 2a, has been 

 arranged and labelled to incorporate recent acquisitions. 



The rostra of Ziphioid whales have been arranged and labelled 

 in pier-case 4. 



Number of specimens of Mammalia registered, 27. 



Aves (Gallery 2). — Bones of birds from a cavern near Chud- 

 leigh, Devon, have been labelled and incorporated. 

 Number of specimens of Aves registered, 41. 



Reptilia and Batracliia (Galleries 3, 4, 5, 11). — Th& arrange- 

 ment and labelling of the Anomodontia exhibited in wall-case 10 

 have been completed. 



A large collection of (jhelonian remains from Mauritius has been 

 labelled and incorporated, and a slip-catalogue of the whole collec- 

 tion of Chelonia has been prepared. 



The large skeleton of Ichthyosaurus plati/odon, from the Lias of 

 Stockton, has been repaired and so far as possible freed from decay- 

 ing pyrites. 



Number of specimens of Reptilia and Batrachia registered, 241. 



Pisces (Gallery 6). — Wall-cases 1, 2, containing Elasmobranchii, 

 have been renovated, with many new labels, and several skulls of 

 Hyhodus^ from the Wealden of Sussex, have been added to the 

 exhibited collection. 



The collection of Palaeozoic Elasmobranchii has been revised and 

 partly re-labelled, and the specimens exhibited in the table-cases 2, 

 3, 4 have been re-arranged. 



Various Tertiary Fishes and Jurassic Fishes from Australia 

 have been labelled and incorporated. 



The preparation of the fish-remains in drawers, to reduce the 

 specimens in size, is still in progress. 



Number of specimens of Pisces registered, 229. 



Mollusca (Galleries 7 and 8, and Workroom). — The determina- 

 tion of the Eocene Mollusca from Nigeria has been continued, and 

 various small collections of Tertiary and Cretaceous Mollusca from 

 other localities, offered as gifts, have been reported on. 



Tertiary Lamellibranchia and Gastropoda from Egypt have been 

 labelled and incorporated. 



Triassic Ammonites from Bosnia have been arranged and pre- 

 pared for study. 



The Cephalopoda registered, labelled and incorporated, include : 

 Carboniferous Nautiloids and Permiian Ammonoids from Malay 

 Peninsula (Scrivenor coll.) ; a Carboniferous Goniatite, Glyphioceras 

 diadema, from Belgium, figured by A. Vaughan, 1915, Quart. 

 Journ, Geol. Soc, vol. Ixxi, pi. v., f . 6 (Vaughan coll.) ; Liassic 



