TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
PAGB 
HISTOEIOAL INTRODUCTION 7 
DESCRIPTION OF THE BUILDING ..10 
OBJECTS OF THE MUSEUM AND GENERAL ARRANGEMENT 
OF ITS CONTENTS 16 
TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE MUSEUM AND ITS 
CONTENTS 22 
Central Hall .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 22 
Gallery OF British Zoology .. .. .. .. ..35 
Staircase AND Corridors .. .. .. .. ,. ..38 
West Wing .. .. 39 
Ground Floor 39 
Bird Gallery 39 
Coral Gallery 42 
Fish Gallery 43 
Insect Gallery .. .. .. .. .. .. 44 
Reptile Gallery .. ,, .. .. .. ,. ..45 
Star-fish Gallery ,. .. .. .. .. .. .. 45 
Shell Gallery - 46 
Cetacea Gallery . . . . . . . , . . 47 
First Floor .. .. .. ,. .. .. .. 49 
Gallery of Stuffed Mammals .. .. .. ..49 
Second Floor .. .. ., .. .. .. ..50 
Gallery of Skeletons of Mammals .. .. .. ..50 
East Wing 51 
Ground Floor .. .. ., .. .. .. 51 
Palaeontological Collections .. .. .. ,. ..51 
First Floor .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 55 
Mineralogical Collections . . ., .. .. .. ..55 
Second Floor .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ., 65 
Botanical Collections .. .. .. .. .. ..65 
STAFF OF THE NATURAL HISTORY BRANCH OF THE 
BRITISH MUSEUM 70 
SELECTED LIST OF PUBLICATIONS 71 
GUIDE BOOKS 76 
REGULATIONS FOR ADMISSION OF STUDENTS 77 
NUMBER OF VISITORS TO THE MUSEUM 78 
DAYS AND HOURS OF ADMISSION TO MUSEUM on back of cover. 
