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Department of Geology. 

 I. — Arrangement. 



A.— Vertebrata. 



Fossil Mammalia (Gallery No. 1). — A very large skull 

 (partly restored), of the Cave-lion, Felis spelceus, has been 

 mounted and placed in Pier-case III,, together with numerous 

 bones of the same animal, part of a large collection of Pleisto- 

 cene Mammalia from Erith, presented by F. C. J. Spurrell, 

 Esq., F.G.S., in 1893. 



An incomplete skull of Rhinoceros leptorhinus (Spurrell 

 Colin.) has been mounted and added to the series of British 

 Rhino cerotidoe in Pier-case VI. 



The coloured reproductions of the skull and mandible of 

 Elasmotherium sihiricum have been mounted in a separate 

 glazed case in the centre of the gallery. 



A fine and nearly perfect antler of Keindeer, Rangifer 

 tarandus, forming part of a collection of Pleistocene mammals 

 from the Valley-gravels of Twickenham, presented by Messrs. 

 Leeson and Laffan, is mounted in Pier-case XV. 



Pier-case XVI. has been partly re-arranged for the reception 

 of some skulls and horn-cores of Bison jpriscus, from the 

 Thames Valley Brick-earth and Gravels of Erith and 

 Twickenham : Spurrell Colin., etc. 



Pier-case XX. has been completely re-arranged for the 

 reception of the Toxodontia, Typotheria, and Amblypoda. 

 The collection of remains of animals of the two sub-orders 

 first-mentioned has been greatly increased by a number of 

 specimens, both originals and casts, presented by Dr. Moreno, 

 Director of the La Plata Museum. 



Edentata (Gallery No. 2). — Numerous additions have been 

 made to the collection of Edentata, including a fine skull of 

 Glyptodon, acquired from the La Plata Museum. 



Collections of fossil Mammalia, from the Thames Valley 

 Brick-earth and Gravels ; from the Red Crag ; from the 

 Phosphatic deposits of South Carolina, and the Pleistocene of 

 Australia, have been determined, registered, and distributed 

 in their respective subdivisions in the collection. 



Total number of Mammalia registered, 1,386. 



Aves (Gallery No. 2). — A considerable collection of bird- 

 remains from the Caverns of Sardinia and Corsica, purchased 

 from Dr. C. Forsyth Major, has been registered, and selected 

 specimens mounted and labelled for exhibition in Table-case 



0.97. I No. 13. 



