(52 ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Protozoa :— Two hundred and forty-six specimens have been added to this part of the 

 collection ; the following are especially noteworthy : — 



A set of one hundred and twenty slides of British Foraminifera ; mounted and pre- 

 sented by H. B. Brady, Esq., F.R.S. 



A set of one hundred models of Foraminifera ; purchased. 



A set of four models and ten microscopic sections, illustrating dimorphism ; pre- 

 sented by M, Schlumberger. 



VII. Visitors and Students. 



le 



The number of -visits from persons who have s|jecially consulted portions of th^ 

 collection, or who have required attendance or assistance, was 8,955, as compared 

 with : — 



8,372 in the year 1886 



8,313 „ -- 1885 



6,818 „ -_-----_ 1884 



5,229 „ 1883 



9,628 „ 1882 



7,407 „ - - - ... 1881 



4,260 „ - - - 1880 



4,003 „ -- 1879 



3,064 „ - - _ 1878 



Albert Gunther. 



Department of Geology. 



I. — Arrangement. 



A. — Vertebrata. 



Fos--,il Maminalia {GaWevies 1 and 2). — Six new Pier-cases having been added to the 

 Mammalian Grallery on the south side, the first of these (7a) is devoted to the extended 

 exhibition of the group of Perissodactyle Ungulates of the genus Rhinoceros, from the 

 Miocene of Hessen Darmstadt, &c. 



In 8a are placed the various species of the genera Palaotherium , Tapirus, Lophiodon, 

 and Hyracotheriutn, from the Eocene of France, &c. 



In 9a are arranged a fine series of skulls of fossil Hippopotamida, from the Miocene 

 of the Siwalik Hilis, India. 



In 10a are placed the remains of the fossil Camelida and Suidce. 



Pier-case 11a is devoted to the Antilopida, &c. (Antilope, Gazella, Boselaphus, Bucapra, 

 Capra Ovibos, Biibiilus, &c.) 



12a contains the Indian forms of Bovidae, as Amphibos, Leptobos, Frobubalus, &c. from 

 the older Pliocene deposits of the Siwalik. Hills in India. 



By this addition to the exhibition-space. Case 11 has been gained for the arrangement 

 of the Cervidae, previously temporarily placed in Case 13, this latter case being now 

 retained for the British remains ot Bos lunqifrons, Bison, &c. 



Table-case No. 23, containing a large series of detached molar teeth of species of 

 Mastodon,h-om North America, Germany, France, England, &c., has been fitted with slopes 

 upon which the teeth have been arranged, mounted upon tablets, and all carefully 

 named. 



Table-case No. 11, containiug the remains of Cetacea, has had its contents re^ arranged, 

 mounted, and named, as have also the Wail-cases (XVI. and XXII.) devoted to this 

 order. 



Wall-case XX. and Table-case 13«, containing the Edentata ; Wall-case XXI. and 

 Table-cases 14, 14a, 15, and Ida, containing the Marsupialia, have all been re-arranged 

 and named in accordance with the " Catalogue of the Fossil Mammalia," Part V., just 

 published. 



The rcstorationof the skeleton of the great extinct Sloth, Megatherium Americanum, 

 from South America, which occupied the centre of the Pavilion, has been removed and 

 replaced by one more carefully articulated, and set up in a more natural manner, the 

 fore-limbs clasping a tree, its weight being supported by its massive hind-limbs and 

 tail. 



Fossil 



