TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
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HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION 7 
DESCRIPTION OF THE BUILDING 11 
OBJECTS OF THE MUSEUM AND GENERAL ARRANGEMENT 
OF ITS CONTENTS 15 
TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE MUSEUM AND ITS 
CONTENTS 21 
Central Hall .. .. .. .. .. .. 21 
Gallery OF British Zoology .. .. .. .. .,27 
Staircase and Corridors .. .. .. .. .. ..30 
West Wing .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 31 
Ground Floor .. .. .. .. ..32 
Bird Gallery 32 
Coral Gallery 34 
Fish Gallery 35 
Insect Gallery .. .. .. ,. .. .. ,. 36 
Reptile Gallery 36 
Star-fish Gallery 37 
Shell Gallery 38 
Cetacea Gallery .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 38 
First Floor .. .. .. .. .. .. <. .. 40 
Gallery of Stuffed Mammals 40 
Second Floor .. .. .. .. .. ..41 
Gallery of Skeletons of Mammals .. .. .. ..41 
East Wing .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4^ 
Ground Floor .. .. .. .. .. ., ..42 
Palseontological Collections .. .. .. .. ..42 
First Floor 46 
Mineralogical Collections .. ., .. .. .. ..46 
Second Floor .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 56 
Botanical Collections .. .. ,. .. .. ..56 
STAFF OF THE NATURAL HISTORY BRANCH OF THE 
BRITISH MUSEUM 61 
SELECTED LIST OF PUBLICATIONS 62 
GUIDE BOOKS 65 
REGULATIONS FOR ADMISSION OF STUDENTS 66 
DAYS AND HOURS OF ADMISSION TO MUSEUM on back of cover. 
