132 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Depaktment of Geology. 



I. — AfrUngeTiient and Conservation. 



Besides the registration and incorporation of recent 

 acquisitions, special attention has again been devoted this 

 year to arrears in the arrangement, and labelling of old 

 collections in the reserve cabinets. Much progress has thus 

 been made in preparing certain groups for cataloguing, while 

 facilitating an early revision of some of the exhibited col- 

 lections. Numerous recent accessions have also been placed 

 in the cases in the public galleries. 



Mammalia (Galleries 1 and 2). — The small remains of 

 Carnivora in table-case 2 have been completely rearranged 

 in accordance with a revision by Dr. Forsyth Major, and 

 most of the specimens have been re-tableted with printed 

 labels. 



The preparation of the Carnivora from the Lower 

 Pliocene of Pikermi, Greece, having now been completed, the 

 specimens have been determined and registered preparatory 

 to incorporation in the general collection. 



The remains of Ancylopoda have been re-arranged in 

 pier-case 9, and a fine toe of Chalicotherium sansaniense 

 has been added. 



A fine skull of Bos iwimigenius, from excavations at the 

 mouth of the Kibble, presented by the Corporation of Preston, 

 has been mounted on the pillar between pier-cases 18, 19. 



The fossil remains of Sirenia have been removed from 

 pier-case 21, and re-arranged in pier-case 29 and case V. 



A special exhibition of fossil Ungulata from South 

 America has b6en begun in pier-cases 20, 21, and table-case 11. 



Additional specimens of Arsinoitherium have been 

 mounted and placed in pier-case 22 ; while an immature 

 skull has been added to case S, which contains the skull and 

 mandible of Avsinoitheriwm zitteli. 



The newly acquired remains of the extinct Ground-sloth, 

 Grypotherium listai, from a cavern in Patagonia, have been 

 mounted and labelled in a special small table-case, 15a. 



Explanatory diagrams of the skulls of Moeritherium, 

 Palwomastodon, and Tetrahelodon have been framed and 

 fixed on the pillar between pier-cases 39, 40, to illustrate the 

 collection of early Proboscidea in the adjacent cases. 



Number of specimens of Mammalia registered, 816. 



Aves (Gallery 2). — The pelvis and hind limbs of Muller- 

 ornis hetsilei, a small struthious bird from the swamps of 

 Madagascar, have been mounted and labelled in wall-case 25. 



The skeleton of the rail, Diapliorapteryx hawkinsi, from 

 the Chatham Islands, has been removed to case CC, to be 



