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All the specimens in Table-case No. 13 have been re- 

 mounted and re-arranged in accordance with the published 

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



Table-case No. 12a. has been arranged in a similar manner. 



Other recently acquired Avian remains have been named, 

 labelled, registered, and incorporated in the cases to which 

 they belong. 



Aves registered 168. 



Reptilia (Gallery No. 4). — Wall-cases 1 and 2, which are 

 devoted to the Pterosauria and the Crocodilia, are under 

 arrangement, about fifty specimens of the latter having been 

 remounted. 



A new Wall-case (No. 4a.) has been constructed on the 

 north side, near the centre of the Gallery, and numerous 

 specimens of Iguanodon, recently acquired from the Beckles 

 Collection, and from Mr. Charles Dawson, have been mounted, 

 labelled, and arranged therein. 



Wall-case 5 has been completely refitted and re-arranged ; 

 all the remains of Iguanodon contained in it being re-mounted 

 and provided with printed labels. 



Table-cases Nos. 1 to 8 have been entirely re-arranged, all 

 the specimens being re-mounted and provided with printed 

 labels in accordance with Mr. Lydekker's Catalogue ; the 

 specimens in the drawers being similarly arranged. 



Table-cases 9 and 10 have been partly re-arranged. 



A nearly complete skeleton of a young Plesiosaur, com- 

 posed of a series of detached bones, all belonging to the same 

 individual, from the Oxford Clay, Fletton, near Peterborough 

 (part of the Leeds Collection), has been most carefully articu- 

 lated by C. Barlow, and is mounted for exhibition in a special 

 glazed case in the centre of the Gallery, near the West end. 



Chelonia (Gallery No. 5). — The Chelonia in Wall-cases 11 

 and 12 are now completely re-arranged, all the specimens 

 being mounted on stands, with a printed label to each 

 specimen. Table-case 22, and all the drawers beneath it and 

 the other Table-cases, have been re-arranged, and the specimens 

 labelled in accordance with the Catalogue. 



Amphibia (Gallery No. 5). — All the larger specimens of 

 Amphibia are placed in Wall-case 12, divisions A. and B. 

 These have been completely re-arranged ; each specimen has 

 been mounted and provided with a suitable printed label. 



Amphibia (Galler}'- No. 4). — All the smaller specimens of 

 Amphibia are placed in Table-cases 23 and 24 in Gallery 4. 

 These have been completely re-arranged, each object being 

 tableted and labelled in accordance with the published 

 Catalogue. Those occupying drawers beneath the Table-cases 

 have been arranged in accordance with the same plan. 



Reptilia registered 283. 



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