96 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



arrangements have been completed with various naturalists 

 for working them out, with a view to the preparation of a 

 report of the natural history results of the expedition, the 

 publication of which has been undertaken by the Trustees. 



ReiDToduction of Diplodocus. 



Arrangements have been made to place in the Reptile 

 Gallery of the Zoological Department the reproduction of 

 the skeleton of the remarkable extinct reptile Diplodocus, 

 which Mr. Andrew Carnegie has had prepared for preservation 

 in the Natural History Museum. 



Purchases. 



Among the more important acquisitions made by purchase 

 during the year, special mention may be made of the Hauser 

 collection of 4,867 Coleoptera from Central Asia ; valuable 

 collections of insects forming part of the collection of the 

 late Dr. P. B. Mason ; remains of Grypotheriu'tn from a cave 

 in Patagonia ; the Beddard collection of Oligochceta, or earth- 

 worms, comprising about 1,400 specimens, 272 being types; 

 a selection of shells from the collection of the late Admiral 

 Sir Henry Keppel ; a faceted specimen of kunzite, the lately 

 discovered lilac-coloured variety of the mineral spodumene ; 

 and the Hassler collection of 5,247 named plants from 

 Paraguay. 



A series of thirteen heads of African mammals has hem 

 bequeathed to the Museum by the late Mr. H. Andrew, who 

 accompanied Mr. H. S. H. Cavendish in his expedition to 

 Lake Rudolf. 



Preseidts. 



The total number of presents recorded as having been 

 received during the year by the several Departments of the 

 Museum was 1,933, as against 1,997 in 1903. Many of these 

 comprised large numbers of individual specimens. The details 

 of all the more important of them will be found in the reports 

 of the Keepers of the several Departments, but the following 

 are mentioned here also as being of special interest : — 



From His Majesty the King. — Two mounted heads and a 

 skull of domesticated oxen of the breed used in Spain for 

 draught purposes. 



From His Majesty the King of Portugal. — A collection of 

 55 specimens of fishes, mostly of large size, caught off the 

 coast of Portugal, two large crabs, and several books embodying 

 the results of His Majesty's scientific expeditions and 

 researches. 



