, ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 3I 



A series of Fishes from the Coal-measures and the Carboniferous Limestone, has 

 been named, mounted on tablets, and pkced in drawers under Table-case 3. 



In Room III. The Pliocene Tertiary Fossils, from Tuscany, have been labelled and 

 placed in drawers under Table-case 40, in this Room, The Wall-cases 1-6, containing 

 the remains of Sauria, Amphibia, Chelonia, and Enaliosauria, have been cleaned, and 

 their contents re- arranged and labelled; many recently acquired specimens have been 

 added, including the fine specimen of Colymbosaurus, from Kimmeridge, and the figured 

 specimen of of Pleurosternon emargiiuitum, Owen, from the Purbeck of Swanage, Dorset, 



In Room IV. A series of Ophidian, Lacertian, and Crocodilian remains have been 

 re-mounted, labelled, and re-arranged in Table-case 1. The remains of Pterodactyles in 

 Table-case 2 have been similarly treated. 



A series of Bird-remains from New Zealand, chiefly specimens figured and described 

 by Professor Owen (in Trans. Zool. Soc), has been mounted on tablets and arranged for 

 exhibition in Table-case 4. In Table-case 5 a fine series of remains of the small Fossil 

 Marsupialia, from Australia (most of which ai-e type-specimens figured by Professor 

 Owen in the Phil. Trans.), has been labelled, and mounted on tablets. 



In Table-case 6, an interesting collection of the Mammalian remains from the Red Crag 

 of Suffolk has been labelled and arranged for exhibition. 



The Reptilian and Fish remains (70 in number), from the Coal-measures of Kilkenny, 

 Ireland, have, on account of their extreme friability and tendency to exfoliate, been set 

 with mastic cement in wooden frames, in order to preserve them from decomposition. 

 They are arranged in drawers under Table- case 29. 



Wall-case IV., containing remains of Cervidae, has been cleaned, partly arranged, and 

 additional specimens from the Collection of Mr. J. J. Owles, have been incorporated. 



The large skeleton of Dinornis maxirnus, from New Zealand, has been mounted upon a 

 stand, and placed by the central pier, between the windows on the north side of this 

 Room. 



In Room V. A large series of Graptolites, from the Coniston Limestone of West- 

 moreland and the Moffat shales of Dumfriesshire, has been labelled, registered, and 

 arranged in drawers under Table-case 15. The Cephalopoda, arranged in the Table- 

 cases on the north side of this Room, have been largely augmented, and many new labels 

 added. In Table-case 7, a series of Dibranchiata has been placed. 



The Rhinoceros remains in Wall-case V. have been re-arranged, the case has been 

 cleaned, and the skull of Rhinoceros tichorhinus, and other specimens from the Norfolk 

 coast, collected by Mr. J. J. Owles, have been incorporated in the series. 



In Room VI. The Elephant remains from British Tertiary deposits, exhibited in 

 Wall-case No. 5, have been cleaned and re- arranged. 



In the Supplemental Room. All the larger Cephalopoda, acquired in the Cunnington 

 Collection, together with a series of Ammonites from the Astier and other old collections, 

 have been registered and labelled, and are arranged in the pier and Wall-cases of this 

 Room, The largest Ammonites have been cleaned and developed, and placed upon the 

 top of the Wall-cases. 



The series of Foreign Tertiary Mollusca, with the supplemental British Eocene Col- 

 lection (obtained from Mr. F. E. Edwards' Executors), has been registered and placed in 

 this room in the original cabinet. 



Basement Rooms. The development of the huge Dinosaurian Reptile ( Omosaurus 

 armatus, Owen), found in the Kimmeridge Clay, at Swindon, has been completed, 

 and the specimen is now mounted in a frame. The remains have been fully described 

 and figured by Professor Owen in the Palaeontographical Society's Monographs, Vol. 

 XXIX., for 1875. 



Durino- the past year much skill and labour has been devoted to the development of 

 the fine series of Saurian remains from South Africa (collected by the late Mr. A. G. 

 Bain, and by Dr. W. G. Atherstone, F.G.S.), preserved in the Collection. They have 

 occupied a large portion of the mason's time in removing the extremely hard and intract- 

 able matrix in which they are enclosed, so as to render them available for the purpose 

 of scientific description. 



Specimens registered during the past year : — 



Vertebrata : — 



Mammalia - 249 



Aves -------- 148 



Reptilia _-.---- 333 



Pisces 285 



Coprolites, etc. ------ 24 



1,039 



177. D 4 



