DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY. 141 



Department OF Geology. 

 I. — Arrangement and Conservation. 



Mammalia (Galleries 1 and 2). — The Eoliths exhibited 

 in table-case 1 have been re-arranged and re-tableted. 



Pier-case 3, containing Primates and Carnivora, has been 

 cleaned and re-painted. The skulls of Lemuroids from Mada- 

 gascar, and some of the larger skulls of Carnivora have been 

 newly mounted on stands, with printed labels ; and the 

 smaller remains of Hycena have been re-tableted, in revised 

 order, with printed labels. 



The unexhibited remains of Felidse and Hysenidse in 

 drawers have been re-arranged and completely labelled. 



The smaller specimens of Ganis in table-case 2 have been 

 re-tableted, with printed labels. 



A skull of Ovihos moschatus from the Severn valley has 

 been mounted and placed in pier-case 16. * 



A plaster cast of a fore limb of Arsinoitherium zitteli 

 has been mounted on a pedestal adjoining pier-case 22. 



Some Sirenian remains from the Eocene of Egypt have 

 been mounted and added to pier-case 30. 



The catalogued Lagomorphous Rodentia have been 

 arranged in drawers and re-labelled in accordance with the 

 forthcoming catalogue. 



A selection of jaws and teeth of the pigmy elephant, 

 Elephas Cypriotes, from the caverns of Cyprus, has been 

 tableted, with printed labels, in table-case 17a. 



Pier-case 38, containing the remains of the Pleistocene 

 North American Mastodon, has been re-arranged, re-fitted, and 

 painted. 



Pier-case 39 (40) has also been re-arranged, refitted, and 

 painted. It contains the Pleistocene South American Mastodon, 

 with the skull and mandible of the contemporaneous North 

 American Mastodon for comparison. 



Restored models of the skull and mandible of Falwo- 

 mastodon and Moeritherium have been mounted and placed 

 for comparison with the actual fossils, which are being 

 re-arranged to include recent acquisitions, in wall-case 43. 



Number of specimens of Mammalia registered, 262. 



Aves (Gallery 2). — A plaster cast of a hind limb of 

 jEpyornis titan has been mounted on a pedestal near wall- 

 case 25. 



Number of specimens of Aves registered, 17. 



Reptilia and Am.phihia (Galleries 3, 4, 5). — The cases 

 have been re-numbered in accordance with the new edition of 

 the Guide Book recently published. 



