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



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The type specimens of Balanus unguiformis and Pollicipes reflexus ; figured and de- 

 scribed by Sowerby in the " Mineral Conchology," and in " Darwin's Fossil Cimpedia," 

 Palffiontographical Society. 



A fine series of 169 Fossils Insects enclosed in amber, from the Tertiary formation at 

 Stettin, on the Baltic. 



The type specimens of 9 genera and 15 species of Eocene Tertiary Corals from 

 Hampshire and the Isle of Wight ; figured and described by Dr. P. Martin Duncan 

 Sec. Geol. Soc, Lond., in the Monographs of the Palseontographical Society for 1865. 



The t3^pes of 12 genera and species of Eocene Tertiary Corals ; figured" and described 

 by Edwards and Haime in their " British Fossil Corals," and by Dixon in his " GeoloffV 

 of Sussex." ^^ 



Several remains of Crinoids from the Carboniferous Limestone of Clevedon Bay, 

 Somersetshire ; figured in Major Thomas Austin's work on the Crinodea of that forma- 

 tion. 



The total number of fossils belonging to the Invertebrate Classes obtained by purchase 

 during the year is 5,572. 



JFossil Plants. — An extensive series of Plant remains, chiefly impressions of leaves 

 from the Pipe-clay bed of the Lower Bagshot series of Alum Bay, in the Isle of Wight 

 (explored by means of a grant from the British Association) ; forwarded by W. Stephen 

 Mitchell, Esq., P.G.S., on behalf of the Committee for the Exploration of the Alum Bay 

 Leaf-bed. 



The following Fossil Plants have been obtained by purchase : — 



556 sections of Fossil Wood, cut and polished, principally from the Carboniferous 

 formations of Great Britain and Australia ; exhibiting their microscopic structure. 



A magnificent series of slabs of Fossil Plants from the Coal shales of Nasrpur 

 S.India. ^^ ' 



A large number of Coal Plants, in fine preservation, from Ebbw Vale Coal field 

 S. Wales. 



An interesting collection of Plant remains from the true Coal measures, Kosloo, on 

 the Black Sea. 



The total munber of Fossil Plants acquired during the past year is 1,088. 



Works of the Department, 



The whole Gallery devoted to the Minerals and Fossils having been cleaned and 

 repainted during the past yeai*, it became necessary to remove all the specimens 

 arranged on the tops of the cases (excepting certain very large and heavy objects in 

 Kooms III. and IV., which were protected by covering in canvass, &c.) and in the 

 window recesses; and as the rooms were successively painted and cleaned these spe- 

 cimens were cleaned and re-arranged. By alterations in the shelves and stands, addi- 

 tional space was gained for the exhibition of many additional specimens recently 

 obtained. 



The interiors of nearly all the wall-cases have been cleaned, and the specimens have 

 in some cases been partially, and in others wholly, re-arranged ; and, as far as possible, 

 space has been provided for the exhibition of new species recently acquired. 



The cases which have been entirely re-arranged are — 



In Room III., Case No. 3, containing the Turtles and other Chelonian Reptiles. 

 Case 7, containing the remains of the Sivatherium, Camels, and other Ruminant animals. 

 Case 11, containing the different species of Dinornis from New Zealand, and other 

 speeiineiio of fossil Birds. 



Room V. The case containing the Rhinoceros remains, &c., in Room VI. ; the entire 

 series of Elephant and Mastodon remains have been re-arranged, the specimens having 

 been previously cleaned, as well as the cases. Cases 10 and 11, containing the remains 

 of animals found in the caves of Brazil, and in the cavern of Bruniquel, in the South 

 of France, have likewise been cleaned and re-arranged. 



In these cases a large number of labels have been replaced by others, required 

 through the different arrangements adopted. Among the objects exhibited for the 

 first time, the following are especially worthy of note : 



The new species of Plesiosaurux, to which Professor Owen has given the specific name 

 " laticeps,^' wlach is displayed in Room III., on the top of Case 9. This sea-reptile is 

 13 feet in length, and is unusually well preserved. 



The enormous head of another sea reptile {Pliosaurus grandis), and a lower jaw of an 

 allied species, on Case No. 7, in the sama room. 



A well-preserved head of Ichthyosaw, us jdatyodon, in Room IV., on the top of Case 3. 



The two large Carapaces of different species of Glyptodon, ia Room VI., one on the 

 top of Case 2, and the other oq Case 11. 



Two Cases for the exhibiticn of a selection of Fossil Sponges have been prepared and 

 exhibited in Room IV. The Fossil Corals have been collected together, catalogued, and 

 arranged in a series of drawers in H-Oom VI. The Cephalopoda have, in like manner, 

 been collected together and arranged so as to render them available for study. 



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