54 ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BIUTISH MUSEUM. 



Ajithozoaand Hydrozoa, — The additions to these classes were 194 and 236 respectively. 

 The following may be mentioned: — 



Thirty-two specimens of Corals from Ramasvaram ; presented by Edgar Thurston, 



An example of Virgularia mirabilis from Loch Craignish : presented by the Hon. 

 A. E. Gathorne Hardy, m.p. 



The type of Pennatula bellissima from the Bahamas; presented by Professor Ray 

 Lankester, f.r.S. ^ _, __ 



Thirty-five specimens of British Hydrozoa ; presented by Dr. Jb . Young. 



VII. Visitors and Students. 



The number of visits from persons who have consulted portions of the collection, or 

 who have required attendance or assistance, was 8,797, as compared with : — 



8,955 in the year _----.-- 1887 



8,372 „ 1886 



8,313 „ - - 1885 



6,818 „ 1884 



5,229 „ 1883 



9,628 „ - 1882 



7,407 „ - 1881 



4,260 „ 1880 



4,003 „ 1879 



Albert Gunther. 



Department of Geology. 



I. — Arrangement. 



A. — Vertebrata. 



Fossil Mammalia (Galleries 1 and 2). — A glazed case has been fixed upon the wall 

 next to Wall-case No. 1 for the exhibition of a series of reproductions of bone -harpoons, 

 carvings, and drawings upon bone, ivory, and stone, the work of Prehistoric Man, the 

 originals of which were discovered in the caves of Dordogne, France, and have been 

 figured and described in MM. Lartet and Christy's work, " Reliquise Aquitanicae," (1865- 

 75, 4to, with 87 plates). 



Table-case 1, and Pier-case 2. Numerous additional specimens of Mammalian and 

 other remains from Ffynnon, Beuno and CaeGwyn Caves, St. Asaph; from the Caves 

 of Minas Geraes, Brazil ; from near Olkusz, in Russian Poland, &c., have been mounted 

 upon tablets and arranged in pier-case 2. The series of human skulls from Sussex, 

 Essex, Gower (S. Wales), Argyleshire, Ireland, Brazil, Belgium, and Germany, have 

 been mounted on stands, and labels have been printed for the same. 



Pier-case 9. Diagrams oi Phenacodus, Palaotherium , and Hipparion have been added 

 to this case. 



Pier-case 15, containing the Cervidce, has been re-fitted, and in large part re-arranged. 



Pier-case 16. The British and foreign remains of the Bison and the Musk-sheep 

 {Ovibos moschatics) have been entirely re-arranged, together with a series of Antilopidce 

 from the Siwalik Hills, India, and the whole of the objects mounted upon stands, with 

 printed labels attached to each specimen. 



In Pier-case 17 the whole of the specimens of crania of Bubalus, Hemibos, and Leptubos 

 have been re-labelled according to Lydekker's Catalogue, and the specimens on the lower 

 shelf mounted upon stands. 



In Pier-case 18, the limb-bones, jaws, vertebrae, and other detached portions of 

 skeletons of Bos primigenius have been all carefully mounted on stands, arranged and 

 labelled. 



In Pier-case 19 the remainder of the skulls, &c., of Indian Bos, Bubalus, &c., have 

 been arranged upon stands, and printed labels aflSxed to each. Also a long series of 

 British and Irish examples of skulls, jaws, vertebras, &c., of Bos longifrons, likewise 

 mounted on stands, and for 3ach of which a printed label has been prepared. 



In Pier-case 20 the remains of Toxodon, Coryphodon, Dinoceras, Tinoceras, &c., have 

 been mounted upon stands, tablets, &c., and carefully labelled. 



In 



