134) ACCOUXTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH .AlUSEUil. 



Depaktment of Geology. 



I. — Arrangemient and Conservation. 



Mammalia (Galleries 1 and 2). — Several specimens have- 

 been added to the collection of extinct Lemuroids from 

 Madagascar in pier-case 3. 



A nearly complete specimen of Hippopotamus lemerleiy 

 Grandidier, an extinct dwarf species from central Madagascar, 

 has been mounted and temporarily exhibited in pier-case 37. 

 The bones were obtained by Dr. C. I. Forsyth Major from. 

 superficial marsh-deposits, probably of Pleistocene age. 



The arrangement of table-case 24, illustrating the evolution 

 of the elephant molar tooth, has been completed, and 

 explanatory labels have been added. 



A skeleton of the recent Rhinoceros simus has been mounted 

 in the Gallery for comparison with the extinct species of the 

 same genus. 



The arrangement and identification of the remains of 

 Rodentia ia table-case 16 hare been revised by Dr. Forsyth 

 Major in connection with his forthcoming catalogue of this 

 portion of the collection. 



Large collections of fossil mammalian remains, obtained by 

 the Museum from Egypt and from Pikermi, Greece, have 

 been unpacked, examined, and temporarily arranged in the 

 store-cases in the basement. The extrication of these fossils 

 from the matrix by the masons has involved continuous 

 scientific supervision. 



Number of specimens of Mammalia registered, 177. 



Aves (Gallery 2). — No additions have been made to the 

 exhibited series of fossil bird-remains ; but the Forsyth 

 Major collection from the Miocene of Allier, France, and from 

 the Pleistocene of Sirabe, Madagascar, has been registered 

 and incorporated. 



Number of specimens of Aves registered, 146. 



Reptilia and Amphihia (Galleries 3, 4, 5). — The wall-case 

 at the east end of Gallery 3 has been removed, and the gigantic 

 Cretaceous Pterodactyl (Fteranodon occidentalis), mentioned. 

 in last year's report, has been framed and fixed upon the wall. 

 Beneath this the smaller specimens of Pterosauria have been 

 framed and mounted, some being fixed to the wall, others 

 arranged in a new table-case. 



Some of the Tertiary Crocodilia, displaced by this new 

 arrangement, have been mounted in a glazed case on the floor 

 beneath the Pterosauria. 



The. smaller remains of Dinosauria have been removed to 

 the now range of table-cases against the south wall, next to 

 the collection of small Crocodilian remains. 



