COUNCIL FOR 1889 . 
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Comparative Anatomy. —The Honorary Curator reports 
that the Collection is in good order. During the latter part of 
the year, the hones of a cow were obtained ; these, it is hoped, 
will shortly be articulated, and they will then help to remedy that 
deficiency in the commoner types which at present impairs the 
usefulness of our Collection. 
Ornithology. —For the Ornithological Department, its 
Curator reports that the work of renovation in the British Birds’ 
Collection still progresses satisfactorily. 
Several new cases have been placed in the Strickland Grallery, 
many of the specimens contained being new to the Collection. 
Among those re-cased are the Grreat Auks which now stand 
side by side each in a case to itself. 
A number of presentations have been made, of which a 
detailed list will be found elsewhere in the Report; but of these 
must here be named a fine Emu. This bird had been kept in 
confinement by Mr. Naylor, of Leighton Hall, Welshpool, and 
was by him kindly presented to the Museum. It has been 
capitally mounted by Mr. E. Allen, of York, and will make a 
valuable addition to the Foreign collection. 
A magnificent series of New Gruinea Birds’ Skins, 47 in 
number, has also been presented by Mr. Basil H. Thomson, 
son of our President, His Girace the Archbishop of York, 
all of which were collected by himself in the Louisiade and 
d’Entrecasteaux Islands. This collection contains 33 species, 8 
of which are new to science ! viz :— 
Cracticus Louisiadensis. 
Manucodia Thomsoni. 
Dicseum nitidus. 
Cinnyris (Hermotinia) 
Chibia propinqua. 
Tanysiptera rosseliana. 
Minox rosseliana. 
Macropygia cinereiceps. 
A large number of eggs has also been added to our already 
fine series, most of them in clutches. The majority of the 
smaller British Birds’ Eggs are now represented and the 
Collection has been greatly improved. 
