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that its magnificent horn-cores, more than six feet in expanse, 

 and the facial portion of the skull, can be seen to advantage. 



The cast of a newly-discovered cranium of Thylacoleo, sp. 

 (the original of which is preserved in the Australian Museum, 

 Sydney, N. S. Wales), has been mounted on a stand, and added 

 to Table-case No. 14. 



A series of drawings of Cretaceous Mammalia from North 

 America, have been prepared and mounted on Tablets and 

 placed in Table-case No. 14a in the Pavilion. 



Diagram of the skeletons of Phenacodus and Equus have 

 been added to Pier-case 9, and of the " Manatee " (after Murie), 

 to Pier-case 21. 



Twenty-seven photographs of recent Mammalia, or their 

 skeletons, have been framed and mounted and fixed upon the 

 walls near the cases containing the fossil remains of the same 

 genera. 



A geological Map of Malta and Gozo has been framed and 

 mounted, and placed on the wall near the Cases 21 and 21a, 

 containing the remains of the " Pigmy Elephant." from Malta, 

 to illustrate the locality of the fissure-caves whence these 

 interesting fossils have been derived. 



Mammalia registered one hundred and ninety-three. 



Aves (Gallery 2.) — Two additional and almost complete 

 skeletons of the '' Moa "(Dinomis gravis, and D. didiiformis), 

 from the Newer Tertiary deposits. South Island, New Zealand, 

 have been articulated and mounted on stands and exhibited in 

 Glass-case E, R, in the S. E. Pavilion. 



Three photographs of Struthious Birds have been framed 

 and mounted on the wall near the cases containing the bones 

 of Dinornis. 



Aves registered one hundred and fifty-eight. 



Reptilia (Galleries 3, 4, 5.) — Twelve table-cases and two 

 wall-cases in these galleries have been re-arranged in ac- 

 cordance with the recently-published Catalogues of the Fossil 

 Reptilia. 



Reptilia registered one hundred and seventy-one, 



Pisces (Gallery 6). — Three wall-cases of Palaeozoic Ganoids 

 have been entirely re-arranged in accordance with the Cata- 

 logue of Fossil Fishes, now in preparation, all the specimens 

 being mounted on separate stands and labelled. 



Pisces registered three hundred and fifty. 



Ichnites. — Fossil foot-prints (Gallery 11.) — Several addi- 

 tional slabs of foot-prints of Reptilia, &c. have been framed 

 and added to this collection, and the old labels have been 

 replaced by new printed ones. 



Considerable progress has been made in printing new labels 

 for the Mammalia, Reptilia, and Pisces ; and numerous recent 

 acquisitions have been tableted and mounted and incorporated 

 with the exhibited series to which they belong. 



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