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more readily compared with the allied bird, Aijtomis defossor, 

 from New Zealand. 



Some mummified Petrels from the nitrate deposits of 

 Peru have been added to wall-case 25. 



A skull of the Great Auk {Alca iin2oennis) from a 

 " brock " in Caithness, discovered and presented by Sir 

 Francis Tress Barry, Barb., has been mounted and exhibited in 

 case FF containing the Newfoundland skeleton of this bird. 



Number of specimens of Aves registered, 40. 



Reptilia and A'lnj^hihia (Galleries 3, 4, 5). — The large but 

 fragile remains of the Dinosaur, Cetiosaurus leedsi, mounted 

 last year, have been covered with a glazed case. Prepara- 

 tions have been made for placing with them some American 

 specimens for comparison. 



The plaster casts of the femur, tibia, and fibula of Cetio- 

 saurus oxoniensis have been mounted on ironwork for 

 comj^arison with the hind limb of C. leedsi. 



Wall-case 4 has been C(.mpletely re-fitted to contain 

 miscellaneous remains of Sauropodous Dinosauria, besides 

 the skeleton of Folacanthus foxi, which has been newly 

 mounted on ironwork in accordance with the researches of 

 Baron Franz Nopcsa. 



Some remains of a Stegosaurian from the Oxford Clay of 

 Peterborough have been temporarily mounted in wall-case 5 

 in place of Folacanthus, which has been removed. 



The type skull of Capitosaurus stantonensis, from the 

 Lower Keuper of Stanton, North Staffordshire, has been 

 mounted and labelled in wall-case 12. 



The reptilian footprints and eggs in table-case viii. have 

 been tableted and provided with printed labels. 



Number of specimens of Reptilia registered, 117. 



Pisces (Gallery 6). — The largest known fish-tail, that of 

 Leedsia problematica from the Oxford Clay of Peterborough, 

 has been mounted with an explanatory label in a special case 

 between wall-cases 13, 14. 



The collection of Pterichthys and Bothriolepis has been 

 re-arranged and labelled for more convenient examination in 

 a special case in the middle of the gallery; and various other 

 remains of Asterolepidre have been tableted and labelled in 

 the adjoining table-case D. 



Various newly described fishes from the English Chalk 

 have been re-tableted and provided with printed labels in. the 

 table-cases ; and an unique example of Berycopsis elegans 

 has been added to the collection in table-case 54. 



The drawers, of miscellaneous undetermined fish-remains 

 irom the British Coal-Measures have been examined and 

 arranged, and tke duplicates have been removed. 



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