142- ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



The slides in the Williamson Cabinet of Carboniferous 

 plants have been cleaned and re-arranged in a manner more 

 convenient for ready reference. ' 



Number of specimens of Plantse registered, 65. 



11 —Work of Mason, Assistant Mason, and Workshop 

 Attendant. 



Numerous Mammalian remains from the Eocene of the 

 Fayum, Egypt, including a skull and mandible of Paloio- 

 mastodon, have been extricated from the matrix, hardened, 

 and prepared for study or exhibition. 



Plaster casts of many Eocene Mammalian remains from 

 Egypt have also been made. 



A plaster cast of the skeleton of M achcer a dus from. 

 the Argentine Pampa has been mounted on ironwork for 

 exhibition. 



The fore and hind limbs of i^ij^roj^ocZow, from, the Pleis- 

 tocene of Austi-alia, have been mounted on ironwork for 

 exhibition, the scapulae and pelvis being supplied by plaster" 

 casts. 



The original skull of Diprotodon has been prepared for 

 more satisfactory mounting. 



The plaster cast of the skeleton of Iguanodon has been 

 taken down, cleaned, and re-mounted. 



The plaster cast of the hind limb of Allosaurus has also 

 been repaired and re-mounted. 



A plaster model of the skeleton of Triceratops, from 

 the Upper Cretaceous of Wyoming, has been mounted on 

 ironwork. 



Various skeletons of Ichthyosaurus in slabs of Lias have 

 been prepared for framing. 



A skull of Pteranodon, from the Chalk of Kansas, has 

 been prepared for framing. 



Numerous Dinosaurian remains from the Upper Cretaceous 

 of Transylvania, and various reptilian bones from the Trias 

 and Cretaceous of Brazil, have also been prepared for study 

 or exhibition. 



A reptilian skeleton from the Karoo Formation of South 

 Africa has been extricated from hard matrix. 



Fishes from the Chalk of Kansas, including the pectoral 

 fins of Protosphyrmna, have been prepared for framing. A 

 few fishes from the English Chalk have also been prepared. 



Many sections of Jurassic Corals have been made and 

 polished. 



Various recently acquired fossils have been trimmed, and 

 numerous plaster casts of fossils have been made for 

 exchange. 



