126 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Department of Geology. 

 I. — Arrangement. 



A.— Vertebrata. 



Fossil Maonmalia (Gallery No. 1). — A plaster cast of the 

 cranium of a primitive man {Pithecanthropus erectus) from 

 Java, has been presented by the discoverer, M. Eugene Dubois, 

 and is exhibited in Table-case 1. 



A fine collection of flint implements, found associated with 

 the bones of extinct animals at Crayford and elsewhere, has 

 been presented by F. 0. J. Spurrell, Esq., f.g.s. This collec- 

 tion is of particular interest, because in several cases the 

 flakes struck off" in making an implement have been collected 

 on the spot by Mr. Spurrell, and united so as to re-construct 

 the original block of flint and show the method followed by 

 the workman in shaping a hache. Several of these blocks, 

 and many of the separate implements, are exhibited in Table- 

 case 1. 



Wall-cases 1 and 2 have been partly re-arranged for the 

 reception of various specimens from caves. 



In Wall-case 5, a skull of Rhinoceros leptorhinus (Spur- 

 rell Coll.) from Crayford ; and also a very fine one of R. anti- 

 quitatis, from Siberia, have been mounted and labelled. The 

 latter is accompanied by one of the horns. 



The collection of Pliocene mammals from Samos (Forsyth 

 Major, Coll.). has been distributed, and wall-cases 14 and 16 

 have been partly re-arranged for the reception of the speci- 

 mens. 



A selection of blocks containing the i-emains of various 

 Pliocene Mammals from Olivola, Carrara Mountains, is exhi- 

 bited in a table-case in the middle of the Gallery. 



A fine skull of Titanotherium from Wyoming, North 

 America, has been mounted, and is exhibited in a separate 

 glazed case. 



Skeletons of the Indian Elephant, Indian Rhinoceros, and 

 Musk Ox, have been placed in the Gallery for comparison with 

 the fossil forms. 



In Wall-case 29, newly written or printed labels have 

 been prepared and placed with the specimens of Mammoth 

 tusks, &c. 



The total number of Fossil Mammalia registered is 244. 



Aves (Gallery No. 2). — In this group the additions during 

 the year have been very few. The arrangement of the 

 Dinornithidce in Wall-case XVII. has been completed and 

 each specimen mounted and provided with a printed label. 



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