ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. O5 



Guides and Cataloc/ues. 



A Guide to the Fossil Fishes appeared in 1885. This has now been almost entirely 

 re-written, and the number ol" illustrations is greatly increased. It is in the printer's 

 hands, and will shortly apj)ear. 



A catalotiue of the Elasmobranch Fishes is in preparation. 



The catalogue of the Cephalopoda (Part I. the Orthocerata, &o.) Avill shortly be 

 completed. 



Part I. of a catalogue of the Reptilia, containing the Pterosauria, the Crocodilia, the 

 Dinosauria, and the Lacertilia, is in the printer's hands, and will appear shortly. 



Part V. completing the catalogue of the Fossil Mammalia, and containing the 

 Tillodontia, the Sirenia, Cetacea, Edentata, Marsupialia, Monotremata, and a 

 Supplement, appeared in September last. 



A new edition to the General guide is in preparation. Also a guide to the Fossil 

 Mollusca. 



Woi-h. of the Mason- Formatore and Assistant Masun, ^'c. 



The most important works performed by the Mason-Formatore and his Assistant have 

 been as follows : — 



The construction and setting-up of the new restored skeleton of Megatherium America- 

 iium in the S.E. Pavilion. 



The repairing and restoring the skeleton of Mylodon gracilis and articulating the bones 

 ready to fix up in glazed case provided for same. 



The entire remounting of the skeleton oi Rhytina gigas, and the restoration of the manus 

 of same. 



Making mould and casts of tail-sheath oi Hoplophorns ; of sacrum of Megalosaurus ; of 

 tail-sheath of Meiolania, from Lord Howe Island ; making mould and casts of palate of 

 Strophodus, from Caen ; casts of Jgiumodon jaw and teeth; tooth of Zevglodon; cuttino- 

 and polishing sections of Orthoceras, Belemiiites, fossil corals, fossil wood, bone of 

 Iguanodon, etc 



Developing and preparing numerous Nautili and other cephalopod shells ready for 

 exhibition. 



Developing, reducing, and repairing numerous slabs of crinoids, plants, &c., and pre- 

 paring same ready for exhibition. 



Preparing and polishing large slab of Carboniferous Coral Limestone from Weardale, 

 and fixing same upon the wall of Gallery No. 10 in glazed case for exliibition. 



Developing and putting together vertebra and bones of Wealdea Iguanodon (Dawson 

 Collection). 



Developing skull of Galeosaurus, from the Cape ; also portions of skeletons of Dicynodon, 

 and of Parieasaurus, from the Trias of S. Africa. 



Developing two skulls and several vertebra; 0^ Meiolania, from Lord Howe Island. 



Developing and making good slab with entire skoieion oi Ichthyosaurus tenuirostris ; 

 also skull of Ichthyosaurus platyodon ; skeleton of Hypsilophodon ; skull of Steneosaurus ; 

 portions of Pterodactyle (Fox Coll.); developing skull of Garialis gangeticus ; portions 

 of carapace and limb-bones of Colussoclielys and other Chelonians; developing and re- 

 pairing Dinosaurian bones from the Cape of Good Hope (presented by Professor 

 Huxley). 



Developing and mounting large specimen of Lepidotus gigas (with its counterpart), 

 from the Wealden, Sussex ^ Dawson Collection). 



A very large number of Mammalian, Reptilian, Fish, invertebrate and plant-remains 

 have been carefully developed, repaired, and reduced ready for exhibition. 



Numerous microscopic sections have been cut of corals, plants, and other organisms, 

 mounted on gla-s, and ])repared ready for examination. 



The moving and fixing of large s[)ecimens on stands and in cases, the mounting of 

 objects in frames or upon stands, and blocks, many hundreds of which have been prepared 

 and specially fitted to each specimen. These and similar labours have occupied the 

 entire time and untiring energy and skill of all the staff". 



Printing Labels. — Besides the inti-oduction of very numeroiis labels printed by hand, 

 with the brush, the pen, or by means of stencil-plates-- of which many hundreds have 

 been prepared and fixed in the galleries — a printing-press has been established in the 

 Dejiaitnient, which has turned out nearly 1,400 labels, of which 15,362 copies have been 

 struck ofl\ 



They vary in size from 18 inches by 6 or 8 inches to 3 inches by \ inch, and fiom labels 

 of 450 words to labels of two words each. 



The labels comprise (a) General Lubtls, embodying the genus and species, the authorV 

 name, the formation and locality, and, in case the specimen has been figured, a reference 

 to the work where such figure and description is to be found, (b) Descriptive Labels, 

 giving an account of a particular specimen of interest, or a group of specimens, or of a 

 collection, or case of fossils, belonging to some order, as the carnivora for example. 



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