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An old lithograpli of the skeleton of the American 

 Mastodon, as originally mounted by Albert Koch, has been 

 framed and placed on the^wall near Stand B. 



Number of specimens of Mammalia registered, 601. 



Reptilia and Amphibia (Galleries 3, 4, 5, 11). — New 

 cabinets with more commodious drawers have been fixed 

 beneath the table-cases 30 to 35, and the unexhibited remains 

 of Anomodont Reptiles and Labyrinthodontia have been 

 transferred to them. 



The smaller remains of Pteranodon have been rearranged 

 and labelled in table-case D, to admit a new skull and 

 mandible from the Chalk of Kansas, U.S.A. 



A plaster model of the skeleton of Triceratops, from the 

 Upper Cretaceous of Wyoming, U.S.A., has been mounted on 

 a stand in the Gallery of Reptiles, Department of Zoology. 



Two large slabs of footprints from the Keuper Sandstone 

 of Storeton, Cheshire, have been framed and mounted in 

 wall-case 11, Gallery 11. 



New Labyrinthodont remains, including a mandible of 

 Lahyrinthodon leptognathus from the Keuper of Leamington, 

 have been tableted and labelled and added to table-case V. 



Two new pier-cases have been erected for the unexhibited 

 remains of Ophthalmosaurus from the Oxford Clay (Leeds 

 Collection) in the S.E. Basement Corridor. 



Number of specimens of Reptilia and Amphibia regis- 

 tered, 1.53. 



Pisces (Gallery 6). — The collection of Macropoma in 

 wall-case 7 has been re-arranged, with new fittings, to 

 accommodate the skull of Mawsonia gigas, which has been 

 framed and labelled. 



The Cretaceous Dercetidse in table-case 27 and the 

 English Chalk Fishes in table-cases 25, 26, have been 

 retableted with printed labels. The naming of the speci- 

 mens of Chirocentridse, Plethodontidse, and Elopidae has 

 been revised. 



Some fragile specimens of Hoplopteryx lewesiensis from 

 the English Chalk, in wall-case 16, have been fixed in 

 mahogany frames. 



The recent acquisitions from the Caroline Birley Bequest 

 have been labelled and incorporated. 



Number of specimens of Pisces registered, 389. 



Mollusca (Galleries 7 and 8). — During the preparation of 

 the Guide Book, a large part of the exhibited collections of 

 Cephalopoda in Gallery 7 has been rearranged, the changes 

 having affected wall-cases 1^ 7, 8, and 14, and nearly all the 

 table-cases. The main result is that, apart from the general 

 introductory series in table-case 1, the exhibited collection is 



