94 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BKITISH MUSEUM. 



These works have been distributed to various Free Public 

 Libraries and other institutions in Great Britain and Ireland ; 

 to Indian, Colonial, and Foreign Libraries and Museums ; and 

 to individuals who have either rendered assistance in the pre- 

 paration of the catalogues, or presented specimens for the 

 collections. 



As complete a set of the Natural History publications of 

 the Trustees as could be spar( d from stock has been presented 

 to the University of Toronto to replace those destroyed by 

 the fire in the early part of the year. 



The following Catalogues are in preparation : — 



Catalogue of Birds, Vol. XVI. by Mr. Salvin, Vol. XVII. by 

 Mr. Sharpe, Vol. XIX. by Mr. P. L. Sclater and Captain 

 Shelley, Vol. XX. by Count Salvadori. 



Catalogue of Snakes, by Mr. G. A. Boulenger. 



Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Hetero- 

 cera, Part VIII., by Mr. G. F. Hampson. 



Catalogue of British Echinodermata, by Mr. F. Jeffrey Bell. 



Catalogue of British Lichens, by the Rev. J. Crombie. 



Catalogue of Fossil Birds, by Mr. R. Lydekker. 



Catalogue of Fossil Fishes, Part II., by Mr. A. Smith Wood- 

 ward. 



Catalogue of Fossil Cephalopoda, Part II., by Mr. A. H. 

 Foord. 



Systematic List of the Edwards Collection of Eocene 

 Mollusca, by Mr. R. B. Newton. 



General Library. 



The additions to the General Library during the past year 

 have been : — 



By purchase - - _ 347 volumes and 1 map. 



By donation - - - 316 volumes and 1 map. 

 By transference from other 



Departments - - - 23 volumes and 26 maps. 



Total - 686 volumes and 28 maps. 



The extent of this collection was, on 31st December, 

 20,619 volumes and 3,569 maps. 



7,347 title-slips have been revised for the Botanical, 

 519 for the Geological, and 

 87 for the Mineral ogical Department. 



7,953 - - - Total. 



W. H. Flower. 



