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BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). 8q 



Duplicates. 



A large number of duplicate specimens of all classes of 

 natural history have been distributed among the various 

 institutions which have from time to time been placed on 

 the list to receive them. The following is a list of the institu- 

 tions which have participated in the distribution during the 

 past year : — 



Zoological Specimens. — University College, Dundee ; 

 Maidstone Museum ; the Cornwall County Fishery Exhibi- 

 tion, Truro (marine animals— to form a basis for a permanent 

 county museum) ; the Mason College, Birmingham (skulls of 

 mammals — to assist in the formation of a dental museum in 

 connection with the Queen's Faculty of Medicine). 



Fossils. — The London School Board (about 1,000 speci- 

 mens, for distribution among the schools of the Board) ; 

 Brighton Museum (duplicate Brachiopoda, selected from the 

 Davidson Collection, in accordance with the conditions of the 

 bequest). 



Minerals. — Bedford College, London ; Blundell's School, 

 Tiverton ; Board Schools, Tamworth ; Burton-in-Lonsdale 

 Endowed School ; Cann Hall Lane Schools, Leytonstone ; 

 Cheltenham Grammar School ; Dowlais Boys' School; Elles- 

 mere College : Eton College ; Hunt Memorial Museum, Red- 

 ruth ; John Addey's Endowed Schools, Deptford ; Leeds 

 Museum ; Linthorpe Industrial School, Middlesborough ; 

 Portsmouth Museum ; Queen's College, Cork ; St. Augustine's 

 Boys' School, Kilburn ; St. Paul's School, Lisson Grove ; St. 

 Paul's School, West Kensington ; Seven Sisters School, 

 Stamford Hill ; University College, Liverpool ; University 

 College School, London ; the Warwickshire Natural History 

 Society ; and Winchester City Museum (in all about 3,000 

 specimens). 



Also, the Dublin Museum of Science and Art (a series of 

 about 2,200 rock specimens). 



Botanical Specimens. — The Dublin Museum Herbarium 

 (wood sections). 



Catalogues and Guide-Books. 



Two additional volumes of the Catalogue of Birds have 

 been published during the year, namely : — 



Vol. XVI. Catalogue of the Picarise. . . Upupce and 

 Trochili, by Osbert Salvin. Coi-acice, of the families 

 Cypselidse, Caprimulgidse, Podargidse, and Steatornithidse, 

 by Ernst Hartert. Pp. xvi., 703 : woodcuts and 14 coloured 



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