138 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



For the Brachiopoda, 17 descriptive labels and 18 ordinary- 

 labels have been set up, and 494 copies printed off. 



For the other groups and the Fossil Plants, 162 labels have 

 been set up, and 3,264 copies struck off. 



Total number of labels composed, 2,200. 



Total number of copies printed off. 20,928. 



"VII. — Acquisitions. 1. — By Donation. A. — VertebratAv '. 



1. Mammalia. — Plaster cast of tooth of Halitherium. 

 limhatur)i (type specimen of Rihodon Ihnhatum Ameghino), 

 from the Oligocene Parana, Argentine Republic ; presented 

 by R. Lydekker, Esq., f.r.s., f.z.s., f.g.s. 



Three teeth of Bos, and one tooth of Equus, from the 

 Pleistocene, of San Diego, Texas; presented by William 

 Taylor, Esq. 



Eight Tesserae of carapace of Olyptodon reticulatus, from 

 the stream Sauce, Department of Rio Negro, Uruguay ; pre- 

 sented by W. P. Steer, Esq. 



Remains of Mastodon Humholdti and Megatherium, from 

 the Pleistocene of Brazil ; presented by Joseph Mawson, Esq., 



F.G.S. 



A collection of Vertebrate remains from Queensland, viz. : 

 remains of Nototherium Mitchelli ; Procoijtodon rapha ; 

 Phascolomys magna and P. Mitchelli ; Palorchestes azael ; 

 Macropus titan and M. anak ; presented by Sir James 

 Garrick, k.c.m.g., q c. Agent General, Queensland. 

 . A series of remains of Elephas primigenius, Equus, sp. ; 

 Manatus, and of Cetaceans, from the Phosphate Beds of 

 South Carolina ; presented by A. Alexander, Esq. 



Ten fragmentary Vertebrate remains from the Cretaceous 

 formation Umtamvana River, Natal. Presented through 

 Sir Frederick A. Abel, k.c.b., f.r.s. (on behalf of the Imperial 

 Institute), for the Government of Natal. 



A fine antler of Rangifer tarandus, portion of skull with 

 horn-cores of Bison p)riscus, also metapodial bone and two 

 horn-cores of Bos longifrons['i.) (described in Quart. Journ., 

 Geol. Soc, vol. 1. pp. 453-462) from the Pleistocene deposits 

 in the Thames Valley, near Twickenham ; presented by 

 J. R. Leeson, Esq., M.D., F.L.S., and G. B. Laffan, Esq., B.sc, 

 C.E., &c. 



A left upper maxilla of Cervus elaphus from a cavern in 

 back of the rock of Gibraltar ; presented by H. H. Norman 

 Bull, Esq. 



Coloured casts of the fore and hind foot of Coryphodon 

 hamatus ; presented by Professor H. F. Osborn, sc.D. 



2. Aves. — Portion of Egg of JEpyornis, from Sirabe, N. 

 Betsileo, Madagascar ; presented by Rev. J. Wills, 



A sacrum, humerus, and radius of Harpagornis Moorei 



from 



