122 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM 



DEPAKTMENT OF GEOLOGY. 



I. — Arrangement. 

 A.— Vertebrata. 



Fossil Mammalia (Gallery 1). — A number of Verte- 

 brate remains from the Tor-Bryan Cavern, near Newton 

 Abbot, Devon, have been mounted and arranged in Wall- 

 case 2. 



The skulls of various extinct carnivores have been mounted 

 on stands, re-labelled, and arranged in Wall-case 3. The 

 entire series of remains of fossil Rhinoceros exhibited in 

 Wall-case 8 has been re-mounted and re-labelled ; and a fine 

 set of bones of Titanotheriur^i, from the Oligocene of North 

 America, has been added. 



In Table-case 5, specimens of the skull and feet of 

 Mesohi'p'pus have been mounted and labelled. 



In Wall-case 13, the skull and feet of Poehr other iurii, an 

 ancestor of the camels, have been mounted and labelled, and 

 added to the exhibited series. 



BovidcB. — The specimens in Wall-cases 16 and 18 have been 

 partially re-arranged, and in the latter case a fine skull of 

 Bos primigenius from Twickenham (presented by Dr. J. R. 

 Leeson, f.g.s.) has been placed for exhibition. 



In the Pavilion (Gallery No. 2.) — Two new Window-recess- 

 cases have been added. In one of these are exhibited an 

 interesting series of recently-acquired remains of various 

 Edentates from Argentina, which have been mounted and 

 labelled. In the other case are shown the remains of small 

 Marsupials, including some interesting specimens from South 

 America recently presented by Seiior F. Ameghino ; also a 

 small series of Mesozoic Mammals. 



The total number of Fossil Mammalia registered during the 

 past year was 501. 



Aves (Gallery 2). — A very fine collection of fossil bird- 

 remains, from Patagonia, is exhibited in a separate Table- 

 case near the centre of the Pavilion. This collection is one 

 of the most important additions that has been acquired by 

 the Trustees for many years. It includes the types of mos*t 

 of the species of the gigantic extinct forms, so-called Stereor- 

 nithes. The lower jaw of one of the largest Phororhacos 

 longissimus is exhibited ; it measures about 20 inches in 

 length. A life-size model of the skull of this gigantic bird 

 has been executed by C. Barlow, and is placed in a separate 

 glazed case near the original specimens. The complete skull 

 and mandible of a somewhat smaller species, Phororhacos 



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