TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
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HISTOEICAL INTKODUCTION 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 .. .. .. .. .. ..28 
West Wing 29 
Ground Floor .. .. .. .. .. .. 29 
Bird Gallery .. .. , .. ..29 
Coral Gallery .. .. .. .. .. .. ..31 
Fish Gallery ..32 
Insect Gallery .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 33 
Reptile Gallery 34 
Star-fish Gallery 34 
Shell Gallery ..35 
Cetacea Gallery .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 36 
First Floor 37 
Gallery of Stuffed Mammals 37 
Second Floor .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 38 
Gallery of Skeletons of Mammals .. .. .. ..38 
East Wing .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 40 
Ground Floor .. .. .. .. .. .. 40 
Palseontological Collections .. .. .. .. ..40 
First Floor 43 
Mineralogical Collections .. .. .. .. .. ..43 
Second Floor .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 44 
Botanical Collections .. .. .. .. .. ..44 
STAFF OF THE NATURAL HISTORY BRANCH OF THE 
BRITISH MUSEUM 50 
SELECTED LIST OF PUBLICATIONS 51 
GUIDE BOOKS 54 
REGULATIONS FOR ADMISSION OF STUDENTS 55 
DAYS AND HOURS OF ADMISSION TO MUSEUM on back of cover. 
