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



A plaster cast of a nearly entire skeleton of Halitherium Schinzii from the Miocene 

 Tertiary of Epplesheim (the original of which has been described by Professor Lepsius, 

 and is preserved in the museum at Darmstadt), has been mounted and placed on a stand 

 in Pier-cuse 15. 



The fossil human skeleton from G uadaloupe has been remounted and placed in a better 

 light for exhibition in Pier-case 2. 



The skeleton of the " Fossil Fox from (Eningen " has been remounted and placed on 

 exhibition in Pier-case 3 with the other Caraivora. 



The fine plaster cast of the skull and two detached teeth of Elasmuther'ium from Russia, 

 has been added to the Rhinocerontida; in Pier-case, No. 7. 



Souxn-EAST Pavilion. — The Bird-remains in Table-case 12 have been partly re- 

 arranged and additional specimens have been mounted and placed for exhibition in the 

 new Wall-cases (18 and 19), including remains of uSilpyornis, Dwornis, Avith casts of the 

 head and foot of the " Dodo " from the Island of Mauritius, and a skeleton of the " Great 

 Auk" from Funk Island. 



The plaster-cast ot the great extinct form of Bandless Armadillo, Glyptodon reliculatus, 

 from South America, has been entirely restored ; the dermal plates covering the head 

 have been added to the specimen, which has been mounted upon bronze and iron- 

 work supports, and placed in the new case provided for it on the east side of this Gallery. 



Fossil Kcptilia. — Gallery D. — A large number of Dinosaurian remains from the 

 Green-sand of Hythe {Polyp tycliodon), the Wealden of Tilgate Forest (Ht/Iaosaurus), 

 and of the Isle of Wight ( Polacantlius, Ornitlwpsis, Ifjuauodon, &c.), from the Trias of 

 South Africa (Parieisaurus.^ &c.), and a series of casts of limb-bones, &c., of Ceteosaurus 

 from the Great Oolite of Enslow near Oxford, have been arranged for exhibition in Wall- 

 cases 5, 6, and 7. 



A large block, containing a great part of the skeleton of Hypsilophodon Foxii has been 

 mounted and placed temporarily on exhibition beneath a glazed case in the centre of this 

 Gallery 



The nearly entire skeleton of Scelidosaurus Harrisojii, Owen, has been carefully 

 cleaned and repaired, parts of it have been re-developed, and the entire specimen, 12 feet 

 in length, has been united and most advantageously mounted for exhibition, in a new 

 glazed case specially provided for the same, both sides of the fossil being admirably ex- 

 posed to view. 



The entire series of 2i Table-cases have been cleared of their co^jtents to enable the 

 contractors to re-glaze and re-velvet the table tops. 



(The contents have subsequently been replaced and re-arranged.) 



The additional Wall-cases, gained in the corridor leading from the Mammalian into the 

 Reptilian Gallery, at its western end, have been fitted up, and the Fossil Chelonite (at 

 first placed in Wall-case 7), have been entirely re-arranged in the new Wall-cases, the 

 smaller specimens being re-tableted, labelled, and arranged, in the three Table-cases. 



The Fossil Amphibia occupy one-half of the Wall-case on the western side. 



Fossil Fishes. — Gallery A. — I'he following families of Fossil Fishes have been care- 

 fully selected, nam.ed, labelled, mounted, and arranged in the Wall-cases, JVos. 4 to 14 ; 

 and in Table-cases 33-46, viz., the AcanthodidcB, the Plocodermata, PhanerophuridtB, 

 Hohptychiidce, ISaurodipterini, Rluzodmitida, the CoelacanthidcR, PalcBoniscidcB , Plutysomidce, 

 the Lepidosteidce, Dapediidce, tlie Pycnodontidce, Sauridce, the Leptulepidce, and the 

 CaturidiB. 



The larger specimens have been imbedded in frames with mahogany borders, and the 

 embedding cement painted. 



Duplicates have been eliminated for purposes of exchange with other museums, and 

 the unexhibited specimens of the " Enniskillen," the " Egerton," and other collections, 

 arranged in drawers beneath the Table-cases in which the corresponding groups are 

 placed for exhibition. 



South-east Basement Corridor, &c. — A portion of the unexliibited series of 

 Mammalian remains, including the " Brady Collection " from Ilford, have been classified 

 and arranged in cases in the Basement Corridor and Store-rooms F. and G. 



B. — Inyertebrata. 



Cephalopoda. — NARROW Gallery', No. 2. — The temporary arrangement of the 

 sixteen Table-cases in this Gallery has been broken up, and the cases cleared, in order 

 that the contractors might reglaze and revelet the tops and scrape and repolish the ma- 

 hogany. This work has now been accomplished. 



82 original coloured drawings of Cephalopoda have been fixed along the top line, inside 

 the glazed wall-cases, on each side of this Gallery. 



A painted label, giving the genus, species, formation, and locality of each figure, has 

 been affixed beneath each drawing, and 40 general labels are placed along the top of each 

 wall-case, above the illustrations. 



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