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labelled in accordance with his determinations ; a series is arranged in Wall-case No. 

 10; the remainder of the specimens have been placed in drawers in the Basement, ready 

 for removal. 



In Room IV. {Aves.) — The remains of Fossil birds from the Siwalik Hills, India, have 

 been described (see Greol. Mag., vol. vii., pi. ii, pp. 18-27), and several new species 

 determined ; they are placed for exhibition in Table-case 4. 



(Reptilia.) — The smaller Reptilia from the Purbeck Beds of Swanage (described by 

 Prof Owen in his Monograph Pal. Soc , 1879), have been tableted, labelled, and ar- 

 ranged in Table-case 2. 



In Room V. {Mammalia.)— ThQ Bovine, and other large Ruminant-remains, from the 

 Siwalik Hills, have been mounted upon stands and arranged upon the Wall-cases 1 and 

 2. The species have been identified and labelled in accordance with the determinations 

 of Prof. L. Riitimeyer, of Basle (" Die Rinder der Tertiar Epoche," in Mem. Swiss PaL 

 Soc, 1877-78). Many of the specimens, in the British Museum, are figured and described 

 by Prof. iUitimeyer. 



In Room VI. — Pier-case 4, containing the remains of tlie Megatherium, has been 

 cleaned and re-arranged. 



The Dinotherium-xexasAns, in Pier-case 2, have also been cleaned and re-arranged. 



Considerable progress has been made during the past year, in developing from the 

 matrix numerous Reptilian remains from South Africa ; Chelonian and other remains 

 from the Isle of Sheppey and other localities. 



The fossil vertebrata, contained in 238 drawers under the Table-cases of Minerals, in 

 Rooms II., UI., and IV., have been carefully cleaned, arranged, and transferred to new 

 Table-cases, and the old drawers given up to the Mineralogical Department. 



Invertebrata and Plant^e. 



In Room I. {Planta.) — Upwards of a thousand Plant-remains, from the Eocene 

 Tertiary " pipeclay beds " of Alum Bay, Isle of Wight, have been examined by Dr. 

 Constantin Baron Ettingshausen, and determined and labelled, in preparation of his 

 Monograph (with .Mr. J. S. Grardner), to be published by the Palaeontographical 

 Society. 



The Plant-remains, contained in 150 drawers beneath Table-cases in this, and adjoinr 

 ing rooms, have been carefully cleaned, re-arranged; and transferred to other drawers 

 beneath new Table-cases (temporarily placed in the King's Library), and the old drawers 

 given up to the Mineralogical Department. 



In Room II. The " Cunnington," " Sharp," and " Marsham," Collections, have beai 

 removed from beneath Mineralogical Table-cases, and re-arranged in cabinets beneath 

 Geological Table-cases in Rooms V. and VI. ; the old drawers being transferred to the 

 Mineral Department. 



In Room III, The type-collection of " Sowerby's Mineral Conchology " has beea 

 completely revised and re-arranged, and transferred to drawers beneath new Table-cases 

 temporarily placed in Ethnological Gallery. 



In Room V. The entire series of Protozoa, and, as far as possible, all the Cepha- 

 lopoda, not in Table or Wall-cases, are arranged in sets of drawers in this Room. 



A large number of specimens, without authentic history, have been rejected, and placed 

 in store boxes in the Basement. 



In Room VI. The collections of Invertebrate fossils in drawers in this Room have 

 undergone entire revision. Eighty drawers of Foreign Tertiary Mollusca (partly from 

 this Room and partly from Room III.) have been arranged and transferred to new 

 cabinets placed temporarily in the King's Library. 



The " Gilbertson Collection " of Carboniferous fossils ; the " Strzelecki " and other 

 Australian fossils; the Blanford, Abyssinian Collection (occupying fifty drawers), 

 have been transferred to fresh sets of drawers beneath new Table-cases placed tempo- 

 rarily in the Ethnological Collection. 



An extensive collection of Invertebrate Fossils, obtained by Mynheer Verbeek, in 

 Sumatra, and presented by the Dutch-Indian Government to the British Museum, have 

 been described and figured {see Geol. Mag., 1879, Vol. VI., pp. 385-549, pi. x-xv.) 



A revision of the " type specimens " in the Gilbertson Collection has been accomplished, 

 and in part published [see Geol. Mag., 1879, Vol. VI., p. 161.) 



Dr. Constantin Bai'on Ettingshausen has published his first report on the " Fossil 

 Fruits of Sheppey," preserved in this Department {see Proceedings Royal Society, 1879, 

 No. 198). He has determined 73 genera, and 197 species, of plants, in this collection, 

 which will shortly be figured by the Palaeontographical Society. 



Certain anomalous bodies from the Chalk, referred to fossil fishes under the name of 

 " Dercetis eloncfatus" having been recently subjected by Mr. W. Davies to closer 

 scrutiny, he has determined them to be in reality " Annelide-tubes," and as such, they 

 have been carefully described (see Geol. Mag., 1879, Vol. VI., p. 145), and are mounted, 

 arranged and named in one of the Window-cases in Room II. 



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