108 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



The following works are in preparation : — 



History of the Collections, Vol. II., Zoology. 



Catalogue of the Library, Vol. III. 



Hand-list of Birds, Vol. V., by R. B. Sharpe. 



Catalogue of Birds' Eggs, Vol. V., by E. W. Gates, revised 

 and completed by W. R. Ogilvie Grant. 



Report on the Natural History Collections of the *' Dis- 

 covery " Antarctic Expedition. 



Catalogue of Moths, Vol. VI., by Sir G. F. Hampson, Bart. 



Catalogue of Cicadidse, by W. L. Distant. 



Illustrations of British Blood-sucking Flies. First Series. 



Catalogue of Corals, Vol. VI., by H. M. Bernard. 



Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of the Fayum, by 

 C. W. Andrews. 



Catalogue of Fossil Rodentia, by C. I. Forsyth-Major. 



Catalogue of Fossil Fishes, Vol. V., by A. Smith Woodward. 



General Library. 



The additions to the General Library during the past year 

 have been : — 



By purchase - . _ 346 volumes. 

 By donation - - - 516 volumes, 8 maps, and 



52 photographs. 



Total - - 883 volumes, 8 maps, and 

 52 photographs. 



All the volumes and maps have been catalogued, press- 

 marked, and put in their places, while 111 volumes have 

 been bound in 91. 



The extent of the collection on the 31st December was 

 34,807 volumes, 5,607 maps, and 315 photographs (not includ- 

 ing those in the Owen Collection of Drawings, &c.). 



The accessions to the Departmental Libraries have also 

 been catalogued as they came in, and duplicate transcripts of 

 the titles have been returned with the books. 



Altogether 2,325 title-slips have been written, 78 re- 

 written, and 2,644 revised. 



There are now, on a rough estimate, 81,813 volumes 

 (exclusive of continuations and minor separata) and 5,870 

 maps in the whole building. 



The printing of the Catalogue has been continued, and the 

 work at the end of the year stood as follows : — 



No. of sheets passed for press (A — Lind) - 140 



No. of title-slips set up in type (A — Linn) - 32,841 



