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A descriptive Catalogue of Mammalia, Catalogues of Perching Birds, of British Mollusca 

 and Vertebrated Animals, and a continuation of the Catalogues of Lepidopterous and Cole- 

 opterous Insects are in preparation. 



During the past year there have been added to the several parts of the Zoological Collec- 

 tion, 14,266 specimens of different classes of Animals; viz. 



Vertebrata -- 2,068 



Osteological Specimens ------ 3.S7 



Annulosa -------- 6,337 



Mollusca and Radiata ------ 6,524 



14,266 



Besides the Fish Reptiles and Insects prepared in the house, there have been put up or 

 re-set by the Animal preservers — 



Vertebrated Animals -_---- 988 



Skulls and Skeletons - - - - - - 181 



Insects (Lepidoptera and Hymenoptera) - - - 14,000 



The greater part of the specimens vi'hich have been added to the Collection have been 

 selected from large Collections, as those most required to complete the series, and as best 

 leading to the illustration of science. 



Considerable attention has been paid to the completion of the series of British Animals, 

 and Dr. George Johnston, of Berwick-on-'l'weed, has much forwarded this object by pre- 

 senting to the Museum the specimens of Corals, CoraUines and Sponges described in his 

 classical works on these animals. 



Botanical Branch. 



Since the last Annual Report, the Keeper has proceeded with the re-arrangement of the 

 general Herbarium, and has completed that of the extensive Class of Ferns, incorporating the 

 additional Species and more perfect Specimens from all the unarranged Collections. 



He has arranged and added to the general Herbarium extensive Collections fiom the 

 Canaries, Mauritius and Madagascar, Abyssinia, Greece, Finmark and Lapland, Auckland 

 and Campbell's Islands, and Antarctic America. 



He has prepared for exhibition Collections of Specimens of Woods from New Zealand, 

 Van Diemen's Land, the North-west Coast of America and Brazil. 



He has received since his last Annual Report, as presents or by purchase, the following 

 Collections : — 



The Botanical Collections of the late Edward Rudge, Esq., presented by Mrs. 

 Rudge, consisting of, 



1st, An arranged general Herbarium, containing 4,138 species. 



2d. A valuable collection of Plants of French Guiana, consisting of 772 species. 



3d. An extensive collection of Nepal Plants, presented to Mr. Rudge by Dr. Wallich. 



A collection of British Plants of considerable extent, bequeathed by the late Mrs. Robinson, 

 of Fareham, Hants. 



A continuation of the Plants of the Antarctic Voyage, consisting of 444 species received 

 from Dr. Hooker. 



A set of M'lvor's Hepaticaa Britannicae. 



A collection of 408 species of Mosses and Hepaticae from the Pyrenees. 



A collection of 303 species of Plants of Mauritius and Madagascar. 



A continuation of the East India Herbarium from Dr. Wallich. 



Collections from Java and Singapore, consisting of 213 species. 



Two specimens of Rafflesia Cummingii from the Island of Luzon. 



A collection of 485 species of Plants of the Western Interior of New South Wales, 

 collected in his late Expedition, and presented by Lieutenant-colonel Sir Thomas Mitchell, 

 Surveyor-general of the Colony. 



Specimens of 533 species of Bolivian Plants, and a Flower of Victoria Regia. 



102 species of Mosses from Columbia. 



A considerable number of specimens of Woods from various countries. 



A Trunk of a Tree Fern, upwards of 30 feet in height, from New Zealand. 



A folio volume containing 104 Drawings of Plants of British Guiana, by Sir Robert 

 H. Schomburgk, presented by Earl Grey, Secretary for the Colonies. 



Two folio volumes of Drawings made in British Guiana, containing 1 98 Drawings of Plants 

 by the donor, Sir Robert Schomburgk. 



Department op Antiquities. 



During the last year, the objects in the Egyptian Room have been in a great measure 

 re-arranged. 



In the Egyptian Saloon, the Tablet of Abydos has been protected by a glazed frame ; it 

 is intended to provide the same protection to some other Tablets and to the Rosetta Stone. 



Considerable progress has been made in attaching descriptive labels to the objects through- 

 out the Department. 



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