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



Acquisitions. 

 The principal additions to the Department during the past year are as follows : — 



I. By Donation. — A. Vertebrata. 



(1.) Mammalia. — A fine series of the remains of the extinct pigmy Elephants of 

 Malta {Elephas Melitensis, Falc, and Elephas Falconeri, Busk), comprising the teeth, 

 vertebra?, and limb bones ; being the " type specimens," figured and described by Dr. 

 H. Falconer (" Palasontological Memoirs," vol, ii. p. 292. pis. xi. — xiv.) and by 

 Prof. Busk (Trans. Zool. Soc, vol. vi.): also remains of a large extinct Dormouse, 

 (Mi/oxus Melitensis, Falc.) from the Zebbug Cave, Malta. Presented by Rear- Admiral 

 T. A. B. Spratt, c.b., f.r.s., &c. 



Portion of the skull and jaw of Typotherium criatatiim, Serres ; from South America. 

 Presented by Prof. Owen, c.b., f.r.s., &c., &c. 



Two vertebrte of a whale dredged from the Thames. Presented by the Elder Brethren 

 of Trinity House. 



Atlas vertebra of Ursus spelaus, from Kiihloch Cave, Franconia. Presented by the 

 Earl of Enniskillen, D.C.L,, f.r.S., &c. 



A fine rostrum of Ziphius plaiiirostris, Cuv., dredged oflT Southwold, Suffolk. Presented 

 by Dr. Bree, M.R.C.S., &c. 



Eleven plaster-casts of Halitherium Schinzii; the originals preserved in the Zoological 

 Museum of Darmstadt. Presented by Prof. v. Koch, of Darmstadt. 



(2.) Aves. — Pelvis of Dromornis australis, Owen, from Mudgee, Co. Phillip, New 

 South Wales. Presented by the E.ev. W. B. Clarke, f.r.s. (decd.J 



Remains of several species of Birds, including the bones of a large extinct swan 

 {Cygtius Falconeri, Newt.), from the Zebbug Cave, Malta. Presented by Rear-Admiral 

 T. A.. B. Spratt, c.b., f.r.s. 



(3.) Reptilia. — Specimens of Testudo Spiatti, Adams ; Testudo ruhustu, Adams, and of 

 Liitremys EurojxBa (?), from the Zebbug Cave, Island of Malta. Many of the remains 

 are described and figured by Prof. Leith Adams in the Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. London, 

 vol. xxxiii. 1878. Presented by Rear- Admiral T. A. B. Spratt, C.B., F.R.S. 



Vertebrae of Menalania prisca, Owen, from Castlereagh River, New South Wales. 

 Presented by Rev. W. B. Clarke, f.r.s. (deed.) 



Paddle bone of Plcsiosaurus campyhihrachion, Hulke, from the Kimmeridge Clay, 

 Kimmeridge Bay. Pi-esented by J. C. Mansel-Pleydell, Esq., F.G.S. 



Skull of Piocolophon trigoniceps, Owen, from the Tria'Ssic strata of the Tafelberg, 

 Cape of Good Hope. Presented by E. J. Dunn, Esq. 



Plaster-casts of Mesosaurus tenuidejis, Gervais (Triassic?), Griqualand, S. Africa; 

 and of Ajihelosaurus lutevensis, Gerv., from the Permian schists of Lodeve. The original 

 specimens have been figured and described by Prof. Paul Gervais in his " Paleontologie 

 Generale " and his "Paleontologie Fran^aise." Presented by Prof. Gervais, F.M.o.a. 

 Lond., on behalf of the Museum of Natural History, Paris. 



(4.) Pisces. — Teeth of Carcharudon and other fish remains from Coquimbo, Chili. 

 Presented by C. J. Lambert, Esq. 



A specimen of Coitus papyracem, Ag., from the Lignite at Monte Viale, Italy. Pre- 

 sented by A. W. Waters, Esq., f.g.s. 



Head and mandible of Tornognathus mordax, Dixon, from the Cbalk of Lewes, Sussex. 

 Presented by Edward Crane, Esq., y.G.s. 



B. Invertebrata. 



Five specimens of Dithyrocaris testudinea, Scouler, one of Bradycinetus Rankinianus, 

 J. and K., 12 specimens of Lingulce, two slabs with remains of Archizocidaris Urii, Flem. sp., 

 and seven crinoidal remains ; all from the Carboniferous formation of Carluke, Lanark- 

 shire. Presented by Dr. D. R. Rankin. 



A fine specimen of Ammonites gig anteus, Sby., from the Portland stone of the Isle 

 of Portland. Presented by the Commissioners of the Free Public Library, Great Smith 

 Street, S.W. 



Forty fossil shells, &c., from Coquimbo, Chili. Presented by C. J. Lambert, Esq. 



Five specimens of Tr'igonia excentrica, Sby., from the Greensand, Blackdown. Pre- 

 sented by the Rev. W. Downes, m.a. 



450 Silurian, Devonian, and Carboniferous Fossils from 17 localities on Smith's 

 Sound, Kennedy's, and Robeson's Channels, N. Grinnell Land, &c. ; collected by Capt. 

 H. W. Feilden, r.a., f.g.s.. and the officers of H.M. Ships" Alert," and "Discovery," 

 in the late Arctic Expedition under Sir George Nares, c.b. (1875-76.) Many of the 

 specimens being figured and described in the Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. Lond., 1878, 

 vol. xxxiv. p. 568, pi. xxv.-xxix. Presented by the Lords of the Treasury. 



A collection of Carboniferous and other Fossils ; also a fine series of Crinoidea from 

 Yorkshire and Lancashire. Presented by John Rofe, Esq., f.g.s. 



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