20 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



tacea, and other smaller animals that are prepared in the Museum, the following have been 



set up or re-set by the preserver of animals — 



Mammalia _------- 82 



Birds --------- 269 



Reptiles --------- 6 



Fish 76 



Skeletons and Skulls - 101 



In addition to the Collections which have been purchased, on account of their being the 

 types described, or as illustrating the zoology of particular rep:ions, the specimens added 

 have been selected from large collections from different countries which have been offered 

 for sale as those which were most required to complete the series, best leading to illustrate 

 the scientific classification, and most useful in showing the habits and economic uses of 

 •the animals. 



The following additions deserve to be specially noticed : 



The Skeleton of an adult Troglodytes Gorilla. 



A Specimen of the Panther of the Ancients. 



A perfect Specimen of Oreophasis Derbianus. 



Numerous Specimens of Birds from Lombok, Macassar, Mexico, and various parts of 

 South America. 



A very large Collection of Mollusca from Mazatlan, presented by P. P. Carpenter and 

 Herbert Thomas, Esqs. 



A very large Collection of the Terrestrial Mollusca of Jamaica, collected by Mr. Chitty. 



A Collection of Birds, Insects, and Shells, formed during Mr. Gregory's Expedition ia 

 Northern Australia, presented by T. K. Elsey, Esq., Surgeon to the Expedition. 



Laro-e Collections of Insects from Moreton Bay, Ega, and other places on the Amazon, 

 Borneo, Celebes, South Africa, and Madeira. 



A large Collection of European Coleoptera and Orthoptera. 



A large Collection of Type Specimens of Coccinellidae. 



A Collection of Rhynchota, and other Orders of Insect:-, from the Province of Rio, made 

 and presented by the'llev. Hamlet Clark. 



John Edward Gray. 



Department of Geology. 



The number of specimens added to the Geological Collection amounts to 9,880 ; of these 

 850 are examples of different parts of the Skeletons of Animals of the Vertebrate Classes. 

 The most important are — 



1. A series of 474 specimens, partly remains of extinct Quadrupeds from the Tertiary 

 Strata of France ; but chiefly consisting of remains of Fishes and Reptiles from the 

 Oolitic formations of the neighbourhood of Caen, in Normandy, collected by M. Tesson. 

 Among these latter are many specimens remarkable for their beautiful slate of preservation, 

 and on this account of great interest to the Palaeontologist. They are all exhibited in the 

 'Geological Gallery. 



2. About 200 specimens of remains of Quadrupeds from the post-pliocene beds of Aus- 

 tralia. These belonged to two Collections obtained at different times, and constitute (with 

 one or two trifling exceptions) the whole of the Mammalian remains from that quarter of 

 the globe, hitherto obtained by the Museum. One of the Collections consists entirely of 

 remains of Animals of small bulk, and very closely allied to tlie species still living in the 

 country; the other is composed chiefly of parts of Skeletons of Animals of gigantic size, 

 and which have received the oeneric name of Diprotodon from Professor Owen. The 

 largest of these great (vegetable feeding) Quadrupeds exceeded the Rhinoceros in size, and 

 presents some very remarkable modifications of structure, although it still adheres, in its 

 most essential characters, to the Marsupial type, and, in fact, belongs to the great order of 

 " Pouched Quadrupeds," which is so characteristic of the Australian Continent at the pre- 

 sent time. These Fossils from Australia having been more or less fractured in their long 

 voyage, are now undergoing repair, and will l)e exhibited with as little delay as possible. 



The new acquisitions of Fossils belonging to the Invertebrate Classes (9,030 in number) 

 consist — 



1. Of a Collection of 758 specimens of Silurian Fossils from Bohemia, and forming the 

 thirJ part, of the great Collection received from M. Barrande, so well known for his admirable 

 works on the Fossils of Bohemia. 



2. Of a Collection of 217 specimens of Belgian Tertiary Shells, from M. Binckhorst. 



3. Of a series of 258 Fossils from Dudley. 



4. Of the " Tesson Collection ;" this contains 6,414 specimens, chiefly from tlie Oolitic 

 formations of Normandy; part of them have already been noticed, being referable to the 



Vertebrate 



