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PREFACE. 



FOB the preparation of this Appendix to Volume II. of the 

 " History of the Collections " the Trustees of the British Museum 

 are indebted to Dr. A. Giinther, F.R.S., formerly Keeper of the 

 Department of Zoology. It is a valuable record of the develop- 

 ment of the zoological section of the British Museum from the 

 year 1856 to the year 1895, when Dr. Giinther retired from 

 the service of the Trustees. Before 1856 the zoological section 

 had been, for the purposes of administration, the zoological 

 "Branch" of the "Natural History Department" of the 

 British Museum. 



The Index has been made by Mr. G. J. Arrow, Assistant in 

 the Department of Zoology. 



L. FLETCHER, 



Director. 



BRITISH MUSEUM (NATUEAL HISTOBY), 

 LONDON, S.W., 



June 22nd, 1912. 



