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exhibited specimens, placing the reserve collections of 

 small Mammalia, Bird-skins, Shells, Dried Sponges, Corals, 

 Echinoderms and Polyzoa in glass-topped boxes, renewing 

 the camphor in the wall-cases, store-cabinets, and insect- 

 drawers, and the spirit of the collections preserved in alcohol. 

 Of other work coming under this heading the following 

 should be specially mentioned : — 



(1.) Some specimens of Mammalia have been mounted for 

 exhibition : — Three skins and a skeleton of the Argali {Ovis 

 ammon) ; an Afghan Gazelle {Gazella subgutturosa) ; a 

 Chillingham Bull and the head and skeleton of a cow of the 

 same breed ; a skin and skeleton of the long-headed Bush- 

 buck (Gephalophus longiceps) ; a Pronghorn {Antilo- 

 capra americana) ; also skeletons of a Siberian Ibex 

 (Capra sibirica) and a Rocky Mountain Goat (Haploceros 

 montanus). 



(2.) The furnishing of the western portion of the Bird 

 Room has been completed by the addition of fourteen cabinets. 

 The general collection of CharadriidcB and Gruidce, includ- 

 ing those of the "Hume" collection, has now been trans- 

 ferred from store-boxes into drawers. 



The following groups have been added to the series illus- 

 trating the nesting habits of British Birds : — Great Titmouse, 

 Crested Titmouse and Bearded Titmouse : also a group from 

 the Canaries, representing the nesting habits of the Cream- 

 coloured Courser, an occasional visitor to the British 

 Islands. 



(3.) The following specimens have been mounted for 

 exhibition in the Reptile and Fish galleries : — A skeleton of 

 the poisonous Mexican Lizard (Heloderma horridum) ; 

 several Sharks and Rays from Port Jackson, among them a 

 large Saw-fish (Pristis pectinatus). 



(4.) Specimens of the most important types of Mollusca 

 obtained during the year have been placed on exhibition in 

 the table-cases ; amongst these may be especially mentioned — 

 An enlarged model of Turbonilla dipsycha, showing the 

 peculiar sinistral nucleus ; a pearl oyster with a fish enclosed 

 beneath the nacre ; the type of Fusus percyanus, and others. 

 The exhibited collection of Brachiopoda has also been 

 remounted in glass-topped boxes and furnished with printed 

 labels. 



(5-9.) The following specimens have been added to the 

 exhibition series in the Insect Gallery :■ — Two nests of a rare 

 Trap-door Spider (Dendrichon rastratum), two nests of a 

 gregarious moth {Hypsoides bipars) from Madagascar, and a 

 fine nest of Vespa vulgaris from Surrey. 



0.81. G 2 (10.) A Second 



