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Department of Geology. 



T. — Arrangement and Conservation. 



Mawimalia (Galleries 1 and 2). — A plaster cast of a fossil 

 human mandible from Heidelberg has been mounted in table- 

 case 1, and the exhibited flint implements have been partly 

 re-mounted. 



A series of plaster casts of Pliocene mammalian bones, 

 described by Prof. Boyd Dawkins, from a cavern at Dove 

 Holes, Derbyshire, has been mounted for exhibition in table- 

 case lA. 



The remains of Pleistocene rhinoceroses in pier-case 6 have 

 been partly re-arranged to admit an immature skull of 

 Rhinoceros antiquitatis from the Thames deposits at Salisbury 

 Square, E.G. " \ 



The sternum of the exhibited plaster cast of thVi^eleton of 

 Megatherium, americanum, has been reconstructed. 



A pair of antlers of a red deer (Cervus elaphus) from the 

 Mawddach estuary. Barmouth, has been mounted on the pillar 

 between pier-cases 20, 21. 



The mandibular teeth and other remains of a young 

 mammoth {Elephas primigenius) from Selsey Bill, Sussex, 

 have been mounted for exhibition in table-case 17. 



Pier-case 35, containing remains of Stegodon from India, 

 has been completely re-fitted and re-painted, and the specimens 

 have been provided with new printed labels. 



New printed labels have been provided for the teeth of 

 Mastodon in table-case 23. 



Models of the skulls of Moeritherium, Faloiomastodon, and 

 Tetrahelodon, have been mounted in series on a new stand in 

 front of Mastodon americanus to illustrate the development of 

 the Proboscidean skull. 



Ptestored models of the heads of Moeritherium and Palceo- 

 ^mastodon, received from the American Museum of Natural 

 History, have been mounted on the wall near pier-case 43. 

 Beneath them restored sketches of these primitive Probos- 

 cideans and Tetrahelodon have been framed. 



Number of specimens of Mammalia registered, .57. 



Aves (Gallery 2). — The skeletons of Aptornis and Dia- 

 phorapteryx in case BB have been remounted. 



Number of specimens of Aves registered, 15. 



Reptilia and. J. mj^^i^m (Galleries 3, 4, 5, 11). — A large new 

 case for the exhibition of Pliosauria has been provided, and 



