CONTENTS 



Page 



Hoard of Trustees 1 



Scientific Staff 1 



How to Reach the Museum 4 



Index of Exhibition Halls 7 



First Floor: 



Visitors' Room 9 



Memorial Hall (South Pavilion) 11 



Meteorites 1 1 



Indians of North Pacific Coast (South Central Wing) 13 



Mural Decorations (South Central WiiiK ) 15 



Eskimo Collections (North Corridor) 15 



Auditorium (Central Pavilion) 15 



Indians of the Woodlands (Southwest Wing) 17 



Indians of the Plains (Southwest Pavilion) 20 



Indians of the Southwest (West Wing) 22 



Polar Maps (East Corridor) 27 



Food Economics (Southeast Wing) 29 



Jesup Collection of North American Woods (Southeast Wing) '-'7 



Darwin Hall, Invertebrates (Southeast Pavilion) 30 



Second Floor: 



Amphibians, Reptiles (South Pavilion) 37 



Mexican Textiles (South Corridor) 41 



Local Birds ( West Corridor) 42 



Ancient Monuments of Mexico and Central America (Southwest Win";'. . 43 



Prehistoric Man of North America and Europe (Southwest Pavilion). ... 47 



Collections from Africa (West Wing) 48 



Birds of the World (South Central Wing) 49 



Recent Fishes (Corridor of Central Pavilion) 55 



Mammals of North America (Southeast Wing) 58 



Preparation of Elephant Group (Southeast Pavilion) 67 



Third Floor: 



Members' Room (East Corridor) 69 



Monkeys, Apes and Bats (South Pavilion ) 69 



Habitat Groups of North American Birds (South Central Wing) 73 



Public Health: Water Supply, Insects and Disease (West Corridor) 80 



Auduhoniana (West Corridor) 86 



Indians of South America (Southwest Wing) 87 



( Jhinese and Siberian Collections (Southwest Pavilion i 91 



Shells (West Wing) . . . 92 



Mammals of the World, Their Families and Evolution (Southeast Wing). 93 



Hall of Insect Life (Southeast Pavilion) 95 



Fourth Floor: 



Foreword on Fossil Vertebrates • 99 



Fossil Sea Reptiles 'East Corridor) 100 



Early Man, Mastodons and Mammoths (South Pavilion) 100 



Mammals of the Tertiary Period (Southeast Wing) 101 



Fossil Reptiles and Fishes (Southeast Pavilion) 107 



Geology and Invertebrate Palaeontology (South Central Wing) 113 



Gems and Precious Stones (West ( Jorridor) 118 



Minerals (Southwest Wing) 119 



Collections from the Pacific Islands (Southwest Pavilion) 120 



Collections from the Philippines ' West Wing) 122 



Fifth Floor: 



Library. Offices 123 



History and Work of the Museum 124 



Membership 133 



Index 134 



Price List of Popular Publications 136 



