ACCOUNTS, &C. OF BRITISH MUSEUM, 



Part 1. 



Cetacea. 



Part 2. 



Seals. 



Part 2, 



Batrachia. 



Part 2. 

 Part 1 . 



Pteropoda. 



PlacentidaB and Anomiadee. 



Part 1. 

 Part 1. 



Cycloplioridae. 



Part 3. 



Birds. 



Part 4. 



Crustacea. 



Zoological Branch. 



The Central Room of the Northern Zoological Gallery has been devoted to a Collection 

 of the Beasts, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, Shells, Sea-eggs, Starfish and Corals found in the 

 British Islands, to illustrate the Zoology of Great Britain and Ireland. 



The Osteological Specimens, and the Zoological Specimens in spirits and other preserving 

 fluids, have been arranged in the new rooms in the basement. 



The arrangement, registration and cataloguing of the Zoological Collection have been 

 regularly proceeded with. 



The 13,338 Specimens of the various classes of Animals which have been acquired during 

 the year, have all been regularly marked and described in the Manuscript Register of Acces- 

 sions, and have all been arranged in their proper systematic places in the general Collec- 

 tion, and properly labelled. 



The following Catalogues have been prepared, printed, and published during the year : 

 1. Catalogue of Mammalia - 



3. Catalogue of Amphibia 



4. Catalogue of Mollusca 



5. Catalogue of bivalve Mollusca 



6. Nomenclatui-e of Mollusca 



7. List of Homopterous Insects 



8. List of British Animals 

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10. „ » - - - P^'^t 5- Lepidopterous Insects. 



The following Catalogues are in preparation : 



1. Catalogue of Mammalia — Part 3. Ungulata. 



2. Nomenclature of Birds. 



3. Catalogue of Cartilaginous Fishes. 



4. List of British Mollusca. 



5. Catalogue of Hemipterous Insects. 

 0. List of British Microlepidoptera. 



7. List of Homopterous Insects — Parts 2 and 3. 



8. Guide to the Zoological Collection. 



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

 Collection — 



13,338 Specimens of different classes of Animals, viz. : — 



1. Vertebrata ---_--_- 2,251 



2. Annulosa ---_---_ 7,260 



3. Mollusca and Radiata _-__-- 3,827 



Total - - - 13,338 



Beside the Fish, Reptiles, Mollusca and Insects prepared in the Museum, there have been 

 put up or re-set by the Animal Preservers, — 



Vertebrated Animals ------- 462 



Skulls or Skeletons - - - - - - - 165 



Insects, Lepipoptera, Homoptera, &c. - - _ _ 2,636 



The greater part of the specimens which 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. 



Among the other additions may be mentioned, — 



A Series of Specimens of Birds, Shells and Insects, from the West and North West 

 Coasts of America, from the Voyage of H.M. SS. Plover and Herald. Presented 

 by Capt. Kellett, c. b., and Lieut. Wood, r. n. 



A Series of Birds, Insects and Crustacea, from the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake; 

 Presented by John Macgillivray, Esq. 



A Series of Specimens of Birds, Insects and Shells, from Persia. Presented by 



Wm. Loftus, Esq. 



Botanical Branch. 



The Keeper has re-arranged the Family of Goodenoviae, adding to it specimens from all 

 the New Holland Collections : he has laid into the General Herbarium a further portion of 

 M. Von Heldreich's Collection made in Greece and Asia Minor, as well as various smaller 

 Collections. 



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