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Numerous recent acquisitions of fossil Mammalia have been 

 mounted, labelled, and incorporated in the various cases to 

 which they belong. 



Mammalian remains, &c., registered, 663. 



Aves (Gallery No. 2). — Case E, appropriated to the skeleton 

 of Dinornis giganteus, has been entirely refitted, to exclude the 

 dust, and to be uniform with the other cases in the Gallery ; 

 the interior has been distempered, the specimen restored and 

 remounted. 



The plaster cast of the leg of Brontornis BuTTHieisteri, 

 Moreno, from South America, has been mounted on a stand 

 and placed in Wall-case No. 25. 



The Fossil Bird-remains in Table-case No. 13 are being all 

 re-tableted and labelled in accordance with Mr. Lydekker's 

 published Catalogue. 



Avian remains registered, 51. 



Reptilia (Gallery No. 4). — Wall-cases 3 and 4 (Dinosauria) 

 have been partially re-arranged, so as to accommodate the 

 huge pelvis of Omithopsis Leedsii, a series of large 

 Dinosaurian vertebrae, and the remains of Omosaurus 

 durohrivensis, Hulke. 



Wall-cases 9 and 10, containing the South African Reptilia, 

 and the Pliosauria, have been refitted, and the specimens 

 completely re-arranged, mounted and labelled. Several im- 

 portant acquisitions from the Leeds collection have been added. 



The skeleton of Pariasaurus Bainii (Seeley), from the 

 " Karoo" (Trias) formation of South Africa, which has been 

 entirely developed and reconstructed by the masons attached 

 to the Department, is mounted upon a stand and placed in a 

 special glazed case at the west end of Gallery 4. 



Fossil Chelonia (Gallery No. 5). — The remains of two fossil 

 Tortoises from Madagascar, referred to Testudo Grandidieri, 

 have been reconstructed and placed for exhibition in two 

 central glazed cases in Gallery No. 5. 



Wall-cases Nos. 11 and 12 are being re-arranged in 

 accordance with Mr. Lydekker's Catalogue; the larger objects 

 have been mounted on stands and additional shelves intro- 

 duced so as to accommodate the contents of the two Table- 

 cases displaced to make way for the large Madagascar fossil 

 carapaces. 



The reconstructed carapace of Colossockelys gigas has been 

 remounted upon four bronzed-iron standards in place of the 

 oak pedestal on which it was formerly mounted. 



Reptilian remains registered, 283. 



Fossil ^is^es (GalleryNo. 6). — Numerous large specimens and 

 slabs of fossil fishes have been framed and fixed on the wall 

 of the Gallery or provided with places in the Wall-cases. 



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