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added ; also a number of morphological preparations to 

 illustrate certain anatomical features that are utilised in the 

 classification of Fishes. 



A new specimen of the Port Jackson Shark, specially- 

 sent from Australia in ice, has been mounted in the centre 

 line of the Gallery ; and a copy of the Prince of Monaco's 

 oceanographic map of the world has been framed and 

 attached to the table-case that contains the Sea-perch, 

 Epinephelus lanceolatus. 



The Card-Catalogue of the specimens exhibited in the 

 Fish Gallery, drawn up so as to give the British Museum 

 register number of each specimen, the locality and history, 

 and the references to the figures and descriptions from which 

 it was coloured, has now been completed. A Hand-List of 

 the 830 specimens has also been drawn up and indexed. 



The northern half of the Fish Gallery was re-opened to the 

 public in November, and the various table-cases and cabinet- 

 cases in that part of the Gallery were re-arranged. The 

 arrangement of the specimens in Wall-cases C-15, however, 

 is still incomplete. In order to avoid delay in throwing open 

 the whole of the Gallery to the public, the names only of the 

 fishes in these cases have been attached ; printed labels 

 giving the special features of interest of each fish, similar to 

 those in Wall-cases 1-5 and 16-20, will be proceeded with 

 during the year 1908. 



A Guide-book to the Gallery of Fishes is in an advanced 

 stage of preparation, and will probably be completed in 

 March 1908. This Guide will contain photographic reproduc- 

 tions of the restored models of extinct fishes and deep-sea 

 fishes which have been specially prepared in the Museum 

 during the past four years. The system of appending a 

 numeral against each specimen exhibited, already followed 

 in the Galleries of Birds and Reptiles, is being adopted in 

 the Fish Gallery (although not yet fully carried out), and 

 references to these numerals are being made in the Guide. 



The work of expanding the collection in the spirit 

 building has proceeded, and is now practically finished. It 

 has been found impossible to expand the Reptile collection, 

 and nearly half of the Fish collection, which still remain in a 

 state of great congestion. The new cases which were made 

 a short time ago are occupied by the Batrachians and the 

 fresh-water fishes of Africa ; the removal of these groups 

 has permitted the temporary expansion of about half of the 

 general collection of Fishes. A catalogue of the African 

 fresh-water fishes being now in preparation, these have been 

 placed together as a provisional step, it being impossible for 

 want of room to expand or arrange them in their proper 

 place in the main collection. 



Mollusca. — An exhibition case containing Cephalopoda 

 has been partly arranged, the re-mounting and re-labelling of 



