1G8 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Department of Geology. 

 T. — Arrangevient and Conservation. 



Mammalia (Galleries 1 and 2), — A plaster cast of the Galley 

 Hill skull has been added to the series of Human remains in 

 table-case 1. 



A new model of the skull and mandible of Megaladapis 

 insignis has been mounted in pier-case 3. 



The skeleton of Mastodon americanus on stand B, which 

 had begun to show signs of decay, has been completely renovated 

 and hardened. 



A new skull and mandible of Moerifheritim has been 

 mounted in wall-case 43. 



Numerous new labels have been printed for exhibited 

 Proboscidea, and new descriptive labeln have been prepared for 

 the wall-cases of Mastodon^ Stegodon, and Diiwotodon. 



Wall-case 27, containing the skeleton and other remains of 

 Di'protodon, has been re-fitted, arranged, and labelled, and plaster 

 casts of the skulls of Di]irotodon and Nototheriumi have been 

 placed on the top of the case. 



Number of specimens of Mammalia registered, 344. 



Aves (Gallery 2). — A plaster cast of the manus of Didus 

 ineptus (original in the Zoological Museum, Cambridge) has 

 been prepared for addition to the exhibited skeleton. 



Number of specimens of Aves registered, 16. 



Reptilia and, Batrachia (Galleries 3, 4, 5, 11). — The 

 exhibited model of Colossochelys atlas has been renovated and 

 re-painted. 



Some specimens of Pleurosternum in wall-case 19 have 

 been extricated from the matrix and re-mounted with new 

 labels. 



A mandible of Trachod on, irom the Laramie Formation of 

 Wyoming, U.S.A., has been mounted in wall-case 8. 



Wall-case 7 has been partially re-arranged and re-fitted to 

 admit a new sacrum and pelvis of Ignanodon recently obtained 

 from the Wealden of Hastings. 



A plaster cast of a skeleton of N othosaurus from the German 

 Muschelkalk (original in the Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt) 

 has been framed and mounted on die wall above wall-case 6. 



The naming and arrangement of the Leeds Collection of 

 Oxfordian Plesiosauria in cases in the Basement have been 

 continued, and a new case for the uncxhibited catalogued 

 specimens has been provided. 



The store-cases for fossil reptiles in the N.E. Basement have 

 been cleaned and made dust-proof. 



