138 ACCOUNTS, E'rC, OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Anthozoa (Gallery 10). — Some British Palseozoic corals 

 from the Palin Collection have been registered and in- 

 corporated. 



Number of specimens of Anthozoa registered, 58. 



Hydrozoa, Porifera and Protozoa (Gallery 10). — Progress 

 has been made with the registration of the Nicholson 

 Collection of Stromatoporoids, which is at present kept in a 

 separate cabinet in the work-room. 



Several Graptolites and Sponges from the Niagara Forma- 

 tion of Ontario, Canada, presented by Col. Grant, have also 

 been registered and incorporated in the general collection. 



Number of specimens registered, 2660. 



Plantce (Gallery 10). — A large glazed case of fossil Cycads 

 has been arranged and placed in the middle of the gallery. 



The fossil plants from the Yorkshire Oolites, including 

 Ferns, Cycads, and Conifers, have been mounted and labelled, 

 and are under arrangement in table-cases 23, 24, 25, 



The W. J. Wilson Collection of undetermined Devonian 

 plants from New Brunswick has been registered. 



Number of specimens of fossil plants registered, 181. 



II. — Worh of Mason, Assistant Mason, and Workshop 

 Attendant. 



A large number of fossil mammalian remains from Egypt 

 and Greece (Pikermi) have been extricated from the matrix, 

 hardened, and prepared for exhibition. The hind limbs of 

 Rhinoceros pachygnathus, and two limbs of Hipparion have 

 also been mounted on iron framework. 



The skeleton of the pigmy Hippopotamus lemerlci, from 

 Madagascar, has been prepared and mounted on an iron 

 framework. 



The bones of the hind limb of Brontosaurus and a cast of 

 the hind limb of Allosaurus have been mounted on iron 

 supports. 



Many slabs containing Reptilian remains have been cleaned 

 and fixed in mahogany frames, including twenty-eight 

 Cheirotherian footprints, eight Plesiosaurians, one Plate- 

 .carpus, and four specimens of Rhamphorhynchus. 



Seven slabs containing remains of armour-plated fishes 

 (Devonian Arthrodira) have been similarly prepared and 

 framed. 



Moulds and casts have been made of fossil Mammalia from 

 Egypt, bones of Dinornis and Aerpyornis, and various 

 specimens for exchange with the Ameiican Museum of 

 Natural History and Mr. P. F. Damon. 



Moulds and casts of a model of a whale, a Maori human 

 head, recent fishes, and many wax models, have been made 

 for the Department of Zoology. Models of horses and oxen 

 have also been repaired for the same Department. 



