PA ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Museums, and Scientific Societies, and to various individuals 

 who have either assisted in the preparation of the volumes 

 or otherwise benefited the Museum. 



New editions have been issued of " The Student's Index 

 to the collection of Minerals " (33 pp., 8vo. ; price 2d.) ; and 

 "An Introduction to the Study of Minerals, with a Guide to 

 the Mineral Gallery" (123 pjJ., 41 woodcuts,! plan, 8vo. ; 

 price 6c?.). 



Arrangements for the exchange of publications have been 

 concluded with several additional Institutions at home and 

 abroad. 



Selections of the Natural History publications have been 

 presented to several Institutions and persons. 



The undermentioned Catalogues are in preparation : — 



A General Catalogue of the Books in the Libraries of the 

 Natural History Museum. 



Catalogue of Birds, Vol. XXVI. (Divers, Pelicans, Cor- 

 morants, and Herons), by R. Bowdler Sharpe and W. Ogilvie 

 Grant ; and Vol. XXVIII. (Supplementary Volume) by 

 R. Bowdler Sharpe. 



Catalogue of Moths, Vol. I., by Sir George F. Hampson. 



Catalogue of Madreporarian Corals, Vol. IV., by H. M. 

 Bernard. 



Catalogue of the Welwitsch collection of Tropical African 

 Plants, Parts II. and III., by W. P. Hiern and the members of 

 the staff of the Botanical Department. 



Catalogue of British Lichens, Part II., by the Rev. J. 

 Crombie. 



Catalogue of Fossil Fishes, Part IV., by A. Smith Wood- 

 ward. 



Catalogue of Tertiary Mollusca, Part II., by G. F. Harris. 



Catalogue of Fossil Cretaceous Bryozoa, by Dr. J. W. 

 Gregory. 



Catalogue of Mesozoic Plants, Part III., by A. C. Seward. 



Central Hall. 



No additional cases have been added to the illustrations of 

 General Natural History, but the progress of the arrangement 

 and augmentation of the educational series in the bays around 

 the hall, both zoological and botanical, has been continued 

 during the year. 



