ESTIMATES, &C. OF BRITISH MUSEUM. 



The following Catalogues have been published during the year : 



1. Catalogue of Fish - - - - Parti. 



2. Catalogue of Coleopteia - - - Parti. Cucujidae. 



3. 4. Catalogue of Homopterous Insects Part 2, 3. 



5. Catalogue of Hemipterous Insects - Part 1. 



6. List of British Aculeate Hymenoptera Part 1. 



7. List of British Mollusca - - - Parti. Acephala. 



8. List of British Fish. 



The following Catalogues are in the press : 



1. Catalogue of Mammalia — Part 3. Ungulata. 



2. Nomenclature of Birds. 



3. Catalogue of Tortoises, Crocodiles, &c., second Edition. 



4. Catalogue of Echinida; — Part 1. 



6. Catalogue of Homopterous Insects — Part 4. 

 6. Catalogue of Hemipterous Insects — Part 2. 



Other Catalogues are in active preparation, especially the following ; viz. — 

 Catalogue of Fish. 

 Catalogue of Terrestrial Mollusca. 

 Catalogue of Bivalve Mollusca. 

 Catalogue of Ascidians. 

 Catalogue of Polyzoan Zoophytes. 

 Catalogue of Nocturnal Lepidopterous Insects. 



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

 Collection — 



20,742 Specimens of different classes of Animals, viz. : — 



1. Vertebrata and their Skeletons _ _ _ . 2,889 



2. Annulosa _-__-.-_ 9,438 



3. Mollusca and Radiata ------ 8,415 



Total - - - 20,742 



Beside the Fish, Reptiles, Mollusca, Radiated Animals and Insects, which have been pre- 

 pared in the Museum, there have been put up and re-set by the Animal preservers, — 

 Vertebrated Animals ------- 380 



Skeletons and Skulls __-...- 135 

 Insects, Crustacea, &c. ------- 3,725 



The greater part of the specimens which have been added to the Museum, have been 

 selected from large Collections, as those most required to coniplete the Zoological series, 

 most clearly illustrating the organic character on which Natural Genera and Families 

 depend, as affording the best means of determining the various species of recent, and the 

 remains of Animals which are found in a sub-fossil or fossil state, and of illustrating the 

 present distribution of the species on the surface of the earth. 



Among the accessions the following may be specially noticed, — 



A series of Animals of various Orders, from Australia, New Guinea, &c. Pre- 

 sented by John Macgillvray, Esq., Professor John Fleming, ll.d., Sir John 

 Richardson, m.d. 



A Series of Mammalia and Birds, from India. Presented by the Earl of Gifford, 

 Captain Strachy and J. Winterbottom, Esq. 



A Series of Mammalia, Birds and Shells from New Zealand. Presented by Sir 

 George Grey, Major Greenwood, Major Bolton, Dr. Sinclair. 



A Specimen of the Wild Ass (Asinus Onager) from Mesopotamia. Presented by 

 Dr. Layard. 



A Series of Mammalia and Birds from Behring Straits and West Coast of America. 

 Presented by Captain Kellet and Lieutenant Wood, r.n. 



A Selection of the Animals, and a large number of Skeletons, made from the 

 Animals which have died in the Gardens of the Zoological Society. 



A large Collection of Eggs of British Birds (many presented by H. F.Walter, Esq.) 

 and of the Skeletons of British Mammalia, Birds and Reptiles. 



A large Collection of the Shells of the Paris Basin, to complete the series named 

 by M. Deshayes. 



A Collection of Entozoa, named by Dr. Seibold. 



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