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has to adapt itself not only to the laymen generally interested in 

 Zoology but also to the needs of the student. The idea is partly 

 my own and partly Mr. Kinnear's. What we propose to do in the 

 matter of this gallerjr is to copy in general the teaching gallerj^ in 

 the South Kensington Museum. A visitor to the Natural Historj- 

 Mu.seum at South Kensington, on entering the Central Hall will 

 find, on either side, alcoves devoted especialh^ to teaching and ins- 

 tructional cases of the different orders of Mammals, Birds, 

 Reptiles and Amphibians, Fishes and Invertebrates. He is 

 supposed to examine these special galleries devoted to particular 

 orders before proceeding further. Here, before examining the 

 general museum, he receives Avhat is meant to be a preliminary ins- 

 truction as regards the varioxis orders of the Animal Kingdom 

 which will enable him to examine the main galleries Avith profit 

 and understanding. 



The proposals tor the allotment of space are as follows : — 



f Gallery (a) Mammals. Rough measurement 



Ground Floor J ^^'' ^ ^'^ ~^" ' 



\ Gallery (/3) Teacliing Alcoves. Rough 



"^ measurement 78' X 15'. 



f Galler}'^ (y) Fishes, Reptiles and Amphi- 

 bia, Invertebrates. Rough measure-. 

 ment78' x 12'. 

 Gallerv (e) Birds. Rough measurement 

 TB'^X 12'. 



MT--,, 1 Room I. Extensions of Bird Gallery, 



ezanme I loor. < -n i ^^R< .. ^r< 



I Kougii measurement lo X io . 



[ Room II. Extension of Invertebrate 



Gallery. Rough measurement 11' X 



11'. 



Gallerjr ((5). Offices. Rough measurement 



i^ 29'-8" X 12'. 



We will now proceed to take up the various galleries with o, 



view to showing the general lines on which ihej would be 



arranged. 



1. Teaching Gallery. 



This being the first gallery the visitor to the Museum should 

 use we will discuss it first in our scheme. 



The gallery we propose to have here would entail much 

 scientific work and would take a long time before completion. It 

 is proposed to divide the whole of the gallery into separate alcoves, 

 each would represent one of the great classes of the Animal King- 

 dom, i.e., Mammals, Birds, Reptiles and Amphibia, Fishes and 

 Invertebrates. A visitor is supposed to examine these alcoves 



