﻿Geology 
  and 
  Natural 
  History. 
  85 
  

  

  Thirty 
  years 
  ago, 
  however, 
  in 
  1882-83, 
  the 
  collections 
  were 
  re- 
  

   moved 
  to 
  the 
  new 
  building 
  at 
  South 
  Kensington, 
  where 
  they 
  are 
  

   now 
  preserved. 
  The 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  specimens 
  increased 
  from 
  

   about 
  1,000,000 
  in* 
  1868 
  to 
  2,245,000 
  in 
  1895. 
  Much 
  information 
  

   of 
  special 
  interest 
  to 
  those 
  concerned 
  with 
  museum 
  administration 
  

   is 
  given 
  in 
  this 
  volume. 
  

  

  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Mammals 
  of 
  Western 
  Europe 
  (Europe 
  exclu- 
  

   sive 
  of 
  Russia) 
  ; 
  by 
  Gerrit 
  S. 
  Miller. 
  Pp. 
  xv, 
  1019 
  ; 
  213 
  

   figures. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  preparation 
  of 
  this 
  catalogue, 
  the 
  Museum 
  has 
  

   been 
  so 
  fortunate 
  as 
  to 
  have 
  the 
  services 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Gerrit 
  S. 
  Miller, 
  

   of 
  the 
  TJ. 
  S. 
  National 
  Museum 
  at 
  Washington. 
  He, 
  as 
  earlier 
  

   noted 
  (June 
  No., 
  p. 
  642), 
  has 
  already 
  published 
  a 
  similar 
  work 
  on 
  

   North 
  American 
  Land 
  Mammals. 
  The 
  European 
  collection 
  of 
  

   land 
  mammals 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  consists 
  of 
  about 
  5,000 
  

   specimens, 
  of 
  which 
  124 
  are 
  types. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  chiefly 
  brought 
  

   together 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  thirty 
  years, 
  and 
  the 
  sources 
  from 
  

   which 
  material 
  has 
  been 
  derived 
  are 
  noted 
  in 
  the 
  introduction. 
  

   Free 
  use 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  of 
  the 
  specimens 
  in 
  other 
  museums, 
  so 
  

   that 
  the 
  total 
  number 
  on 
  which 
  the 
  work 
  is 
  based 
  approximates 
  

   to 
  11,500. 
  

  

  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Collection 
  of 
  Birds' 
  Eggs. 
  Vol. 
  V. 
  Carinatse 
  

   (Passeriformes 
  completed). 
  By 
  W. 
  R. 
  Ogilvie-Grant. 
  Pp. 
  

   xxiii, 
  547 
  ; 
  22 
  plates. 
  — 
  With 
  this 
  volume 
  the 
  catalogue 
  of 
  birds' 
  

   eggs 
  is 
  brought 
  to 
  a 
  conclusion. 
  Its 
  appearance 
  has 
  been 
  delayed 
  

   through 
  the 
  unfortunate 
  death 
  of 
  Dr. 
  R. 
  Bowlder 
  Sharpe 
  at 
  the 
  

   end 
  of 
  1909. 
  It 
  concludes 
  the 
  order 
  Passeriformes 
  of 
  the 
  sub-class 
  

   Carinatse. 
  

  

  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Lepidoptera 
  Phalaenae, 
  Vol. 
  XII. 
  Catalogue 
  

   of 
  the 
  Noctuidoe 
  ; 
  by 
  Sir 
  George 
  F. 
  Hampson 
  - 
  . 
  Pp. 
  vi, 
  626 
  ; 
  

   134 
  figures. 
  — 
  The 
  earlier 
  volumes 
  of 
  this 
  work 
  have 
  been 
  repeat- 
  

   edly 
  noticed 
  in 
  this 
  Journal. 
  In 
  the 
  present 
  volume 
  63 
  genera 
  

   and 
  648 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  Catocalins 
  are 
  represented. 
  The 
  remainder 
  

   of 
  this 
  sub-family, 
  with 
  two 
  other 
  small 
  sub-families, 
  will 
  appear 
  in 
  

   volume 
  XIII, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  key 
  to 
  the 
  genera 
  and 
  the 
  phylogeny 
  

   will 
  be 
  reprinted. 
  The 
  Atlas, 
  embracing 
  plates 
  192-221 
  to 
  illus- 
  

   trate 
  the 
  above 
  volume, 
  is 
  about 
  to 
  be 
  issued. 
  

  

  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Chaetopoda. 
  A. 
  Polychaeta 
  : 
  Part 
  I. 
  — 
  Areni- 
  

   colidae. 
  By 
  J. 
  H. 
  Ash 
  worth. 
  Pp. 
  xii, 
  162; 
  68 
  figures, 
  15 
  plates. 
  

   — 
  An 
  introductory 
  survey 
  of 
  the 
  history 
  and 
  classification 
  of 
  the 
  

   Chaetopoda, 
  and 
  in 
  particular 
  of 
  the 
  Polychaeta, 
  is 
  introduced 
  in 
  

   this 
  volume, 
  which 
  is 
  especially 
  devoted 
  to 
  the 
  Arenicolidae. 
  No 
  

   definite 
  provision 
  for 
  the 
  continuation 
  of 
  the 
  volumes 
  on 
  the 
  

   Chaetopoda 
  has 
  been 
  thus 
  far 
  made, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  anticipated 
  that 
  the 
  

   work 
  now 
  begun 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Ashworth 
  will 
  be 
  continued 
  from 
  time 
  

   to 
  time. 
  

  

  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Heads 
  and 
  Horns 
  of 
  Indian 
  Big 
  Game 
  

   bequeathed 
  by 
  A. 
  O. 
  Hume, 
  C.B. 
  ; 
  by 
  R. 
  Lydekker. 
  Pp. 
  xvi, 
  

   45 
  ; 
  16 
  figures 
  and 
  portrait. 
  — 
  The 
  present 
  catalogue 
  describes 
  

   what 
  are 
  stated 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  finest 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  heads 
  of 
  the 
  big 
  

   game 
  of 
  India 
  ever 
  brought 
  together 
  ; 
  they 
  were 
  bequeathed 
  to 
  

  

  