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injiatuv^, and most of the bones of the skeleton are here 

 exhibited. The skull shows the remarkable characters of the 

 beak, which is hooked, like that of a bird of prey, but is, at 

 the same time, very deep and compressed. There are also 

 numerous bones of small extinct Carinatse from South 

 America. 



The remains of various Carinate birds from the Chatham 

 Islands, from New Zealand, and Mauritius, have been mounted 

 afresh and re-arranged in a new Window-recess- case in this 

 Gallery. 



A new and very complete skeleton of Dinornis 'maxhnus 

 has been mounted in Glass-case R. It was obtained from 

 Invercargill, New Zealand. 



Wall-case 24 (Dinornithidce), has also been re-arranged. 



The skeleton of Aptornis defossor (Owen), from New 

 Zealand, has been mounted on a stand in a separate glass 

 case on the north side of the Gallery. 



Number of Avian specimens registered, 282. 



Reptilia (Galleries 3, 4 and 5.) — In Wall-case 2, acast of the 

 skull of the type-specimen of Teleidosaiirus Calvadosi has 

 been mounted. 



In Wall-case 6, a number of specimens have been mounted, 

 preparatory to the complete re-arrangement of the case. 



In Wall-case 10, a number of portions of the skeletons of 

 various Plesiosaurs from the Oxford Clay (part of the Leeds 

 collection) have been mounted and exhibited, including a 

 very fine skull of Fliosaurus ferox. 



Wall-case 13 has been partly re-arranged. 



The specimens of Hypsilophodon Foxii (Huxley), have 

 been mounted, and are exhibited in a separate glazed case. 



A skeleton of a recent Tortoise {Testudo pardalis), placed 

 for comparison with the fossil forms, is shown in Wall- 

 case 11. 



The total number of fossil Reptilia registered is 200. 



Fossil Fishes (Gallery 6.) — Five additional small Table- 

 cases, lettered D to H, have been placed in the centre of this 

 Gallery, and all the more problematical early Palaeozoic fishes 

 have now been removed from the legular series of Table- 

 cases and arranged in the central row. 



The Acanthodians and small specimens of Arthrodira placed 

 here have been re-tableted and re-labelled in accordance with 

 the published Catalogue. 



The teeth of Carcharodon, in Table-case 26, have been re- 

 arranged and re-labelled, and various recent acquisitions have 

 been added thereto. 



The roofs of Wall-cases X. to XIII. have been glazed, and 

 provided with fittings for the adequate exhibition of the large 

 specimens of Mesozoic Ganoids, which have been arranged in 

 accordance with the published Catalogue of Fossil Fishes. 



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