ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, <%C. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 21 



A series of Skulls of a small extinct Ox (Bos longifrons), found in the Bogs of Ireland, 

 presented by Dr. Wylde, M. R.i. A. 



Remains of Rhinoceros tichorhinus, and a species of Bos, from the nei^hbourhood of 

 Pliimstead, in Kent; presented by Master Henry Edgell, through the Rev. E. Wyatt 

 Edgell. 



A series of about 80 Specimens of remains of Saurian Reptiles, from the Lias of Lyme 

 Reois ; the Kimmeridge Clay of Shotover, &:c. ; presented by ihe Earl of Enniskillen. 



A series of about 50 Specimens of Fossil Fishes from Canton Glaris, Switzerhmd ; pre- 

 sented by Miss Elizabeth Warne. 



Eleven Fossil Fishes, belonging to the genera Cheiracantlius and Diplopterus, from the 

 Old Red Sandstone at Tynet Burn, near Gordon Castle; presented by the Duke of 

 Richmond, 



Various Fossils have also been presented by C. Hickman, Esq. ; J. C. Somerville, Esq. ; 

 Mrs. William Brodie ; Henry Cattermoul, Esq.; J. Richmond, Esq.; C. B. Rose, Esq.; 

 W. H. Allen, Esq. ; R. Maitland, Esq,; and John Leckenby, Esq. 



Dr. Alexander Petzholdt has presented 15 examples of Calamites from the Coal formation 

 near Dresden, to illustrate his Monograph on that Genus. 



To Sir George Grey, k.c.b,, the Department is indebted for some extremely interesting 

 Reptilian Remains from South Africa. 



The work of the Department has consisted partly in the examination, naming, and other- 

 wise preparing for exhibiiion, the objects above enumerated; in entering them in a Cata- 

 logue, and arranging a great portion of them in the cases exhibited to the Public ; partly 

 in the examination and arrangement of objects acquired in former years ; and partly in 

 attending to those Visitors wlio frequent the Museum with the view of studying the objects 

 in the department in detail, and who generally are engaged in the publication of works upon 

 the science which the Collection illustrates. 



Of Fossils belongmg to the Vertebrate series of Animals, about 500 have been entered, 

 and for the most part exhibited. The Mammalian remains of the Eocene and Miocene periods 

 have been arranged, and other divisions have been partly re-arranged in order to incorporate 

 additional Specimens. 



Of the Fossil remains of the Invertebrate Classes, about 300 Specimens of the Articulata, 

 700 of the Mollusca, and 300 of the Radiata, have been examined, entered, and, for the 

 most |)art, exhibited. 



Of Fossil Plants, about VOO Specimens have been catalogued. The re-arrangement of 

 the collection has been completed, so far as the extent of the cases would permit. In some 

 of the orders nearly all the Speeiracns are exhibited to the Public ; in others, a selection 

 has been n~iade from the general Collection and exhibited. 



Geo, R. Waterhouse. 



Department of Mineralogy. 



The Mineral Collection is in excellent preservation, and, though in a transition state 

 as regards its classification and descriptive labelling, the specimens can for the most part be 

 well seen. 



The past year has witnessed considerable progress both in the acquisition of the specimens 

 and in the arrangement preparatory to the classification of the whole series. 



The labelling the Minerals with their localities has now been completed throughout, 

 wherever any authentic evidence of locality could be found. 



The careful examination of individiral specimens, and their preliminary arrangement, i)ave 

 also been carried forward. But satisfactory progress in the critical examination and scien- 

 tific verification of a large number of specimens is impossible in the absence of any means 

 of prosecuting chemical analysis, even though so simple as that involved in the use of the 

 Blow-pipe. The delay in providing a small Laboratory for this important object is unfor- 

 tunately linked with that involved in the krge question of the ultimate destinaiion of the 

 Natural History series in the Museum. 



The additions made to the collecticm during the year 1859 have been of a valuable 

 character. Numerically they are very large, from the (ircumstance that out of 3,186 speci- 

 mens no less than 2,615 consist of small, loose crystals, illustrative of Mineral crystallography, 

 which add a new feature to the department, and will impart a more scientific character to 

 the collections in it. With this latter view several additions have also been made to the 

 drawers containing the Pseudomorphous Minerals. Among the acquisitions of interest by 

 which the department has been enriched are the following : — 



Orthite, with Malacone and Polycrase, from Hitteroe ; a very fine crystal (probably 

 unique). Presented by R. P. Greg, Esq. 



Cerusite, an old and well-known specmien of great beauty, covered with tabular crystals, 

 from the Logylas mine, Cardiganshire. Presented by J. Taylor, Esq., f.r.S. 



A large mass of Pyromorphile from Wheal Alfred, Cornwall, Presented by the same 

 gentleman. 



Cornwall continues to produce Bournonites of unrivalled beauty ; and Mr. Tailing, of 

 0.24. D 2 Loslwithiel, 



