ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. I9 



The following Catalogues have been pubhshed during the year 1860: — 



1. Catalogue of the Birds of the Tropical Islands of the Pacific Ocean, by 



G. R. Gray, f.l. s., f. z.s. 



2. Catalogue of Acanthopterygian Fishes, Vol. 2, by Dr. GUnther. 



3. Catalogue of Haliicidae, Part I., by the Rev. Hamlet Clark, f.l. s. 



4. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera ; parts 20, 21 ; by Francis "Walker, Esq. 



5. List of the British Diatomacea, by Dr. W. Smith. 



The labels on the stands of the Birds and other Animals recently added to the Collections, 

 have been proceeded with, as fast as the painter could execute them. More than 53,000 

 letters have been painted during the past year. 



In addition to the very numerous specimens of Fish, Reptiles, Mollusca, insects, Cms- 

 tacea, and other smaller animals, that are prepared in the Museum, there have been set up 

 or re-set by the animal preserver : — 

 Mammalia, stuifed - 



- 64 



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skeletons 



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skulls 



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skeletons 



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Birds - „ - - 

 Reptiles - „ - - 

 Fish - „ - - 



and 455 Animals have been mounted on stands. 



Besides the Collections which have been purchased, because they were described types of 

 species detailed in works or papers, or because they illustrated the zoology of particular 

 regions, specimens have been selected from large collections oifered for sale, from diffisrent 

 countries, as those which were most required to complete the series, and as tending to 

 illustrate the scientific classification, or as most useful in showing the habits and economical 

 uses of the animals; or, again, as being subjects most interesting to the scientific student, 

 from their tending to settle certain questions on the origin of species which are agitating 

 the scientific mind at the present time. 



The following additions may be specially mentioned : — 



The Skeleton of an adult female Whale and also part of the Skeleton of a young female 

 of the same kind (^Hyperoodon rostratum) from Sandwich. 



The typical specimens of Mammalia, Birds, Reptiles, Fishes, and Insects, from India, 

 and of Insects from Java, described by RaflBles, Horsfield, Sykes, Macleay, MacClelland, 

 Cantor, and others ; presented by the Secretary of State for India in Council. 



Birds from Natal, Timor, and Ceram. 



Birds from Tette, collected by Dr. Livingstone. 



A large Collection of Mammalia, Birds, Fish, Insects, Crustacea, and Shells, from 

 Vancouver's Island and British Columbia, collected by Mr. Lord, Assistant Naturalist to 

 Her Majesty's Boundary Commission on the North-west coast of America; sent by Colonel 

 Hawkins to the Foreign Office, and presented by the Right Honourable Lord John Russell. 



Birds and Reptiles from Guatemala ; presented by O. Salvin, Esq. 



A Collection of Mammaha, Birds, and Insects, from Timor, Ceram, Ternate, Celebes, 

 and Batchian ; collected by Mr. Wallace. 



Reptiles and Insects from Cambogia ; collected by Mr. Mouhot. 



Fishes and Insects from New Hebrides; collected by Mr. Macgillivray. 



A Collection of Fishes from Lisbon, Madeira, and Lanzarote; presented by the 

 Rev. R. T. Lowe. 



Fishes and Reptiles, Insects, and Echinidse, from Tasmania ; presented by Dr. Milligan. 



A Collection of Staphylinidse, from Ceylon; named by Dr. Kraatz. 



Insects from North India; presented by Captain Strachey. 



Insects from Angola ; presented by J. Monteiro, Esq. 



Insects from Lake N'Gami ; collected by Mr. Andersen. 



Insects from New Zealand ; collected by Mr. Oxley. 



Insects from South Africa ; collected and presented by R. Trimen, Esq. 



A Nest of Myrapetra scutellaris, from South America ; presented by Robert Little- 

 john, Esq. 



A large Collection of Shells, obtained during the voyage of Her Majesty's Steam Ships 

 " Herald" and " Rattlesnake ;" sent from the Museum of Practical Geology. 



A large Collection of Tracts and Papers on Zoological subjects has been presented to the 

 departmental library by Dr. Gray, f.r.s. 



John Edward Gray, 



220. D Department 



