106 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



The following have been added to the list of institutions 

 to receive grants of duplicate specimens of Natural History : — 

 Harrow School ; the Royal Normal College for the Blind ; 

 Owen's School, Islington; the Diocesan Training College, 

 Derby ; Stratford Museum ; Worcester Public Museum ; and 

 the Biological Museum of the University of Toronto. 



Sir John Murray having agreed to the remaining dupli- 

 cates from the " Challenger " collections being treated as 

 ordinary duplicates, selections of them have been granted to 

 the Museums of Edinburgh, Dublin, Liverpool, Manchester, 

 Cambridge University, Newcastle, Sheffield, Worcester, and 

 Perth ; to the University Colleges of Dundee, Leeds, Bristol, 

 Aberystwyth, Cardiff, and Sheffield ; to the Mason College, 

 Birmingham; and to the Universities of Aberdeen and 

 Toronto. 



Grants of duplicate zoological specimens have also been 

 made to Prof. A. Denny, of University College, Sheffield, 

 Prof. E. L. Bouvier, of the Paris Museum, Mr. H. J. Fllwes, 

 Dr. H. J. Hansen, of Copenhagen, and the Royal Institution 

 of South Wales, Swansea ; of duplicate fossils, to the Bedford 

 College for Ladies, York Place, Baker Street, W., and to 

 Harrow School ; and of duplicate minerals, to Dr. F. P. 

 Moreno, of the La Plata Museum. 



Puhlications. 



The following new works have been issued during the 

 year :— 



A Hand-list of the Genera and Species of Birds. By R. 

 Bowdler Sharpe, LL.D. Vol. I. Pp. xxi, 303. 8vo. 10s. 



Catalogue of the African Plants collected by Dr. Friedrich 

 Welwitsch in 1853-61. Vol. II. Part I. Monocotyledons 

 and Gymnosperms. By A. B. Rendle, M.A., D.sc, &c. Pp. 260. 

 Svo. Qs. 



Catalogue of the Fossil Brjozoa in the Department of 

 Geology. . . The Cretaceous Bryozoa. Vol. I. By J. W. 

 Gregory, D.sc, &c. PiJ. xiv, 457 ; 64 ivoodcuts and 17 

 plates. 8vo. 16s. 



The Genera and Species of Blastoidea, with a List of the 

 Specimens in the British Museum (Natural History). By F. 

 A. Bather, M.A., &c. Pp. a^, 70 ; 1 ivoodcut. 8vo. 2s. 

 ' Copies of these works have been sent to numerous 

 Free Libraries and other Institutions in Great Britain and 

 Ireland, to many Indian, Colonial, and Foreign Museums, 

 Libraries, and Scientific Societies, and to various individuals 

 who have either assisted in the preparation of the volumes or 

 otherwise benefited the Museum. 



" A new edition has been issued of "The Students' Index 

 fo the Collection of Minerals." (34 pp., 1 plan, Svo.) priipe 

 2d.) 



