PEE FACE. 



The exhibited collection of Great Game Animals of the order 

 Unoulata in the Museum is of such extent and of such 

 general interest, more especially to sportsmen (to whose 

 generosity its growth is largely due), that it has been deemed 

 advisable it should form the subject of a special " Guide.' - ' 



This Guide (like the descriptive labels in the cases upon which 

 it is based) has been compiled by Mr. R. Lydekker, who has 

 made a special study of many of the animals to which it is 

 devoted. The treatment of the subject is considerably fuller than 

 is the case in the Guide to the Mammal Collection generally. 

 Limitations of space have, however, rendered it impossible in 

 many instances to give detailed notices of the various species, 

 so that the descriptive portion is in the main devoted to the 

 characteristics of the different genera and families. The scien- 

 tific names employed in the Galleries have of necessity been 

 adopted ; these being to some extent a compromise between 

 extreme views. 



The collection of Great Game Animals of the order under 

 consideration occupies a considerable extent of the Lower 

 Mammal Gallery on the first floor of the western half of the 

 building, as well as the whole of the adjacent West Corridor 



