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



From Mr. F. Harford. — A series of Cretaceous, Oolitic, and Liassic fossils, com- 

 prising various organic remains ; also fishes from the Old Red, and various palaeozoic 

 fossils : in all 728 specimens, from British localities. 



From Mr. G. Clifton. — A collection of 182 Fossils, including organic remains from 

 the Oolite of Portland and the Kimmeridge Clay of Dorset, and remains of Elephas 

 and flint implements from the fissures in Portland. 



Also, from the same, a valuable collection of British Insects, numbering 11,100 

 specimens. 



From the Colombo Museum. — A tine specimen of a shark {Rkinodon typicus). 



From Mr. J. J. Quelch, of Demerara Museum. — A valuable collection of zoological 

 specimens from British Guiana. 



From Professor O. C. Marsh. — A cast of the entire skull of Brontcvps rohustus, 

 the largest Lower Miocene mammal. 



Duplicate specimens of Natural History from the British Museum collection have 

 been presented by the Trustees to the Museo Civico, Genoa ; the Indian Museum, 

 Calcutta ; Christ's Hospital School ; the Smithsonian Institution, Washington ; the 

 Royal Agricultural and Commercial Society of British Guiana ; and to the Reverend 

 Richard Baron, of the London Missionary Society, to be used for teaching purposes 

 in the Native Protestant College at Antananarivo, in Madagascar. 



Exchanges of specimens have been made with the following institutions and indi 

 viduals : — 



Of Zoological Specimens. — With the Museum of Zoology, Cambridge ; the Museo 

 Civico, Genoa ; the Museum of Mexico ; and Lieut. -Col. E. S. Butler. 



Of Fossils. — With the Palseontological Institute, Strasburg ; the Zoological 

 Museum, Dresden ; the Museums of Bristol and Milan ; the United State.s Geo- 

 logical Survey, Washington ; the Palseontological Museum, Munich ; and Mr. R. F. 

 Damon. 



Of Minerals and Meteorites. — With the University of Odessa; Yale College, New- 

 haven, U.S.A. ; the Museums of Pau and Vienna ; the United States National 

 Museum ; Dr. Seligmann ; and Professor Cohen. 



Of Botanical Specimens. — With the University of Kiel ; Mr. E. M. Holmes ; and 

 Count Solms Laubach. 



The Guide-books published during the year are the undermentioned : — 



A General Guide to the British Museum (Natural History). M'ith 2 plans, 2 views 

 of the building, and an illustrated cover. (New edition). 8vo. 3 d. 



A Guide to the Gould Collection of Humming Birds, British Museum (Natural 

 History). 6th edition. With map showing the distribution of Humming Birds. 

 8vo. 2(1. 



A Guide to the Mineral Gallery of the British Museum (Natural History). 1 plan. 

 8vo. Id. 



An Introduction to the Study of Minerals, with a Guide to the Mineral Gallery of 

 the British Museum (Natural History). With diagrams and a plan of the Mineral 

 Gallery. (New Edition). 8vo. 0(7. 



The Student's Index to the Collection of Minerals, British Museum (Natural 

 History). New edition. With a plan of the Mineral Gallery, 8vo. 2 d. 



The following volumes of Catalogues have been published : — 



Catalogue of the Chelonians, Rhynchocephalians, and Crocodiles in the British 

 Museum (Natural History). New edition. By G. A. Boulenger. [With Systematic and 

 Alphabetical Indexes.] Pp. x., 311 ; 73 woodcuts and 6 plates. 8vo. 15 s. 



Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of 

 the British Museum. Part VII. By A. G. Butler. Pp. iv., 124: 121-138 coloured 

 plates. [Systematic List.] 4to. 2 1. 



Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural 

 Histoi-y). Part II., containing the Orders Ichthyopterygia and Sauropterygia. By 

 R. Lydekker. Pp. xxi., 307 : 85 woodcuts. [With Systematic Index and Alpha- 

 betical Index of Genera and Species, including Synonyms.] 8vo. 7 s. 6 d. 



Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural 

 Histoiy). Part III., containing the Order Chelonia. By R. Lydekker. Pp. xviii., 

 239 : 53 woodcuts. [With Systematic Index and Alphabetical Index of Genera and 

 Species, including Synonyms.] 8vo. 7s. (id. 



Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History). Part L, 

 containing the Elasmobranchii. By A. Smith Woodward. Pp. xlvii., 474 : 13 woodcuts 

 and 17 plates. [With Alphabetical Index and Systematic Index of Genera and Species.] 

 8vo. 21 8. 



Catalogue of the Fossil Cephalopoda in the British Museum (Natural History). 

 Part I., containing part of the Sub-order Nautiloidea, consisting of the families Ortho- 

 ceratida-, Endoceratidse, Actinoceratidse, Gomphoceratidse, Asoceratidae, Poteriocera- 



tidae, 



