102 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Certain duplicate botanical books, of no use to the 

 Museum, have been transferred to the Library of the Botanic 

 Garden, Jamaica. 



The undermentioned have been added to the list of insti- 

 tutions to receive from time to time grants of duplicate 

 specimens of Natural History, viz. : — Sexey's Trade School 

 Museum, Bruton ; the Drew Koad School of the West Ham 

 School Board ; and the Traffic Street Board Schools, Derby. 



Publications. 



The following are the publications issued by the Depart- 

 ments of the Natural History Museum during the year : — 



A Monograph of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) : Physical 

 Features and Geology, by C. W. Andrews, B.A., B.sc, &c., 

 with descriptions of the Fauna and Flora by numerous con- 

 tributors. Pp. XV, 337 : 22 j^lates (7 coloured), a 'map, and 

 22 illustrations in text. 8vo. 20s. 



A Hand-list of the Genera and Species of Birds. By R. 

 Bowdler Sharpe, LL.D. Vol. II. Pp. xv, 312. Svo. 10s. 



Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phal sense in the British 

 Museum. By Sir George F. Hampson, Bart. Vol. II. 

 Catalogue of the Arctiadse (Nolinse, Lithosianse). Pp. xx^ 

 589 : 411 woodcuts. d,vo. 18s. 



Atlas of 18 coloured plates. Svo. 15s. 



Illustrations of the Botany of Captain Cook's Voyage 

 Round the World in H.M.S. "Endeavour" in 1768-71. By 

 the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart., K.B., p.r.s., and 

 Dr. Daniel Solander, f.r.s. V/ith Determinations by James 

 Britten, f.l.s., &c. Part L — Australian Plants. 101 cop)per~ 

 plates, with 31 pp. of descriptive text. Fol. 25s. 



Catalogue of the African Plants collected by Dr. Friedrich 

 Welwitsch in 1853-61. Vol. I. Dicotyledons. By W. P. 

 Hiern, M.A., F.L.S. , &c. Part IV. Lentibulariacese to Cera- 

 tophyllege. Pp. 785-1035. Svo. 5s. 



Catalogue of the Mesozoic Plants in the Department of 

 Geology. . . By A. C. Seward, M. A., f.r.s., &;c. Part III, 

 The Jurassic Flora of the Yorkshire Coast. Pp. xii, 341 : 

 53 woodcuts and, 21 plates. 8vo. 20s. 



Copies of these works have been sent to many Free 

 Libraries and other Institutions in Great Britain and Ireland, 

 to India, Colonial, and Foreign Museums, Libraries, and 

 Scientific Societies, and to various individuals who have 

 either assisted in the preparation of the volumes or otherwise 

 benefited the Museum. 



A series of Directions for Collecting and Preserving Spe- 

 cimens of all Classes of Natural History, prepared by 



