ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Department of Geology. 



T. — Arrangement and Conservation. 



Mammalia (Galleries I and 2). — The drawers of miscel- 

 laneous remains from caverns have been carefully examined, 

 and all the more important specimens have been labelled, 

 removed, and placed in their systematic position in the 

 cabinets. 



A selected series of bones of Mammalia from the exca- 

 vations in the Roman town of Silchester, near Reading, has 

 been arranged in a cabinet in the basement store-room. 



The unexhibited remains of human skeletons have been 

 arranged and labelled in the drawers of table-case 1. 



The unexhibited remains of Canidae have been arranged 

 and labelled in the drawers of table-case 2. 



The remains of Felidee exhibited in pier-case 3 have been 

 I'e-tableted and labelled with printed labels. 



A plaster cast of a complete skeleton of Macha^rodus 

 neogceus, from the Pampa Formation of , Kuenos Aires 

 (original in the National Museum, Buenos Aires), has been 

 mounted on a pedestal in front of Stand A. 



The lower part of pier-case 6 has been re-arranged to 

 admit a new skull of Rhinoceros antiquitatis from the river 

 gravel near Peterborough. 



A plaster cast of a complete skeleton of HippidiuTn 

 neogmum, from the Pampa Formation of Buenos Aires 

 (original in the National Museum, Buenos Aires), was 

 mounted for some time on a special pedestal near table-case 5, 

 and has since been removed to the Gallery of Domestic 

 Animals for comparison with the skeletons of existing 

 horses. 



Pier-case 11, containing the remains of Hippopotamidae, 

 has been re-arranged, re-fitted, and painted, to admit a 

 newly mounted skeleton of Hippopotamus minutus from 

 a cavern in Cyprus. 



A newly discovered skull of Arsinoitherium zittel% from 

 the Upper Eocene of the Fayum, has been placed in wall- 

 case 22, which has been re-arranged and labelled. 



The pelvis of the modelled skeleton of UalitheriuTn 

 schinzi in Case V has been re-fixed in a new position now 

 believed to be correct. A plaster cast of the skull and 

 mandible of Eotherium has been mounted in pier-case 29. 



Wall- case 27, containing the remains of gigantic extinct 

 Marsupialia from Australia, has been re-arranged, re-fitted . 



