136 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BKITISH MUSEUM. 



A skeleton of PalcvoUmnas chatkamensis, from Chatham 

 Island, presented by the Hon. Lionel Walter Rothschild, M.P., 

 Trustee British Museum, F.Z.S., has been mounted and 

 exhibited in wall-case 23. 



An imperfect skeleton of Harpagornis, a large extinct 

 hawk from New Zealand (transferred from the Zoological 

 Department), is placed in a separate case in this Gallery. 



Some remains of Hesijeromis regalis, from the Cretaceous 

 of Kansas, have been mounted and added to the series of 

 bird-remains in table-case 13. 



Number of specimens of bird-remains registered, 21 



Reptilia and Amphihia (Galleries 3, 4, 5). — A series of 

 remains of Ichthyosauria has been placed in the new wall- 

 case on the east side of Gallery 3. Near the same case is 

 exhibited a restored skeleton of the gigantic pterodactyl, 

 Pteranodon occidentalis, from the Cretaceous of Kansas, in 

 North America ; some additional bones of the same species 

 are placed in the new table-case of Gallery 4, beneath the 

 skeletons of Ichthyosauria on the south wall. 



Most of the small table-cases arranged down the centre of 

 Gallery 4, have been removed to the basement (to make room 

 for the display of separate skeletons of large reptilia), and 

 their contents are re-arranged in four new long and narrow 

 table-cases fixed to the south wall of the Gallery. The 

 groups thus re-arranged include the Pterosauria, Ichthyo- 

 sauria, Ophidia, Lacertilia, Crocodilia, Mesosauria, the 

 Sauropterygia, and Anomodontia. 



The arrangement of the Plesiosauria on the south wall of 

 the Gallery has been completed. 



A magnificent skeleton of a nearly adult specimen of 

 Cryptoclidus oxoniensis has been articulated and mounted 

 in a separate case in the middle of the Gallery. The speci- 

 men was procured by Mr. Alfred Leeds, F.G.S., from the 

 Oxford Clay of Fletton, near Peterborough. 



A cast of Chelonian Hylceochelys (Plesiochelys) vectensis, 

 from the Wealden, Isle of Wight, has been placed in wall- 

 case 11. 



Number of specimens of Reptilia and Amphibia regis- 

 tered, 63. 



Pisces (Gallery 6). — A series of the William Clark 

 " Armoured Fishes " (IJinichthys), and of the primitive 

 sharks (Chlamydoselache), from the Upper Devonian of 

 Berea, Ohio, U.S.A., have been prepared and mounted for 

 exhibition in cases in the centre of Gallery 6. 



Some new Upper Silurian Fishes from Lanarkshire have 

 been added to the Collection, a few being exhibited in table- 

 case A., with explanatory diagrams. 



