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



A cast of the skull and lower jaw of Rhinoceros Irptoihiniis fiom llford, taken by the 

 permis-sion of the owner of the oiiginals (Anumio Biady, Esq., f.g.s., of Stratford), is 

 exhibited in Room V, 



A series of Sponges from the Chalk and Green Sand, 50 models of Foraminifern, 

 desii^ned by Wenzel Fric. 



A collection of Fossil Shells, from the Crag of Bridlington. Ct/prcen Coomhii, and other 

 shells from the Middle Eocene, Bracklesham. 



Fifteen specimens of Plevyotoriiarice, from the Lias Marlstone, and numerous other 

 Mollusca, from the Gauit of Cliarmouth and Folkestone. 



Kine Fossi! Shells, Irom the Miocene ot South AustraFni. Twenty-five shells from the 

 glacial drift of the Clyde Valley. 



Examples of Apiacrir.iies Parkimoni, Pentacrinus Inlamus, Woodocrinus nionodactylus, 

 Cidaris Wultoni, Ophioderma, Acrosolettiu, Actinucrinus, and other iienera and species of 

 Echinodei mata. 



Trilohites from Gothland and America. Remains o\ Eurypterus from North Ameiica, of 

 Pterygoius and Siylonurus, from Lanarkshire and Forfarshire, and of Ceratiocuris from Lanark. 



Ammonites and other shells, from the Oxford Clay and Kelloway Rock of Wiltshire. 

 Ammonites and Belemnites from the Lower Lias, Lyme Regis. 



The Saxby Collection, including the type of Hoplcparia Saxbyi, Nautilus Saxbyi, and 

 about 150 Fossil shells, principally from the Cretaceous rocks of the Isle of Wighi. 



The skull of Bos hngifrons (male), and of another species of Bus irom near Lough-Gur, 

 Limerick, presented by J. F. W. De Salis, Esq , m.a., f.g.s., &c. 



Portion of pilvis c i Megatherium, \ art of carapace of (jJyptodon, and head of femur of 

 Maitvdon, from Uruguay, South America, presented by Captain John Par-ish, r.n. 



Fine tll^k of a Fossil Elephant, dredged up between Happisburgh auil Yarmouth, on the 

 coast of Norfolk, presented by the Rev. Greville J. Chester, 



Upper and lower jaw oi' P/esiosaurus grandis, from the Kimmeridge clay, Kimmcridge, 

 presented by J. C. Mansel, Esq., f.g.s. 



Skull of Mastodon, 4 molar teeth of Mastodon ; remains of Megathermm, Glyptodon, 

 l^oxvdoii, Mylodon, Scelidoiher/um, Cen;?(5, &.c., from post-tertiary Shinglebank, in the Rio 

 Negro, Uruguay, South America, presented by David A. Stoddart, Esq. 



Occipital portion of the skull, with the cervical vertebrae of a cetacean (Phocfena 

 crassidciis], from the Thames Valley, near Barking, Essex, presented by C. P. Lane, Esq. 



Ostrea pulchra, Shy., from the Woolwicli Beds (Lower Eoceof), presented by J. 

 Weld, Esq. 



An almoi-t entire body of Pterygotiis a nglicus Agassiz, from the Old Red Sandstone of 

 Forfarshiiej presented by James Powrie, E?q., f.g.s. 



A series of banded and spongeous flints from Finchley, presented by N. T. Wetherell, 

 Esq., F.G.S. 



Remains of Asaphus tyrannus, from Llandeilo. Presented by Frederick Layard, Esq. 



Bellerophon tangentialis, a large specimen of Flustra, and 50 examples of Echinodermata, 

 from the mountain Limestcine, Clitheroe, etc. Presented by John Rofe, Esq., f.gs. 



Twenty-five species of Devonian Plants fiom North America. Presented by Dr. J. W. 

 Dawson, f.k.s., f.g.s., &;c. 



TVorks of the Department. 



The Wall-eases in Room IIL, containing the remains of the extinct New Zealand Birds, 

 and those containing tiie Chelonian Reptiles, have been cleaned and re-arranged. 



In Room IV., the Wall-cases containing the Ruminant remains, and in Room V. the 

 Cases containing the Rhinoceros remains, have aho been cleaned and le-arranged, and 

 numerous additional specimens have been incorpoi'aled. 



The Table-cases on the North side of Room IV. have been entirely re-ari'anged, and con- 

 densed, to obtain space for the exhibition of a series of remains of Miirsupial Mammalia 

 from Australia, and for a series of Reptilian remains from the New Red Sandstone of 

 Stutttiart, as well as for the exhibition of the fine Pterodactyle remains from Dr. Bower- 

 bank's Collection. 



The head, with tusks, of a Mammoth, found at llford in Essex, has been restored (with 

 much labour and difficulty) and prepared for exhibition. 



The stores in the vaults have been under examination, and many of the specimens, 

 formerly in boxes, are now arranged in drawers, some are incorporated in the general 

 exhibited collection. 



The entire Sowerby Collection has been entered in the Register, and 700 of the Cephalo- 

 poda and Brachiopoda, have been critically examined, identified, and labelled. The larger 

 Ammonites which could not be accommodated in drawers, have been incorporated with the 

 general collection of Cephalopoda in the Wall-case series of the New Room. 



The Haberlein Collection of Insects from the Lithographic stone of Solenhofen has been 

 registered ; the species capable of identification have been named, and a selection is ex- 

 hibited in the I'able-case for Fossil Insects in Room V. 



The Fossil Fruits from the London Clay of Sheppey, forming part of the Bowerbank 

 Collection, have all been cleaned, transferred to proper bottles, and registered. The series 

 now occupies 239 glass stoppered bottles, and comprises more than 6,000 specimens. 



The Fossil Plants and Crustacea from the same collection have also been labelled and 

 registered, and incorporated with the general coUectio.n. 



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