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WEST WING. 
served with tlie skeleton and suspended in their natural position, 
and the small pelvic bones and a rudimentary nodule, represent- 
ing the femur or thigh bone, the only trace of the hind leg of 
this gigantic animal, are also preserved. Beyond this skeleton is 
a skull of the G-reenland Eight-Whale {Balmna mysticetus) which 
yields most of the whalebone " of commerce, and also a small 
wooden model of the animal, of the scale of one inch to the foot, 
First Floor. 
The upper floors of the wings of the Museum consist only 
of single galleries extending along the whole front of the 
building ; the galleries which run backwards on the ground 
floor containing only a single storey. 
The Mammalian Gallery is entered from the western 
corridor of the Central Hall. It contains the series of stufled 
specimens of animals of this class, with the exception of the 
Cetacea and the Sirenia. Skeletons of the most important types 
are incorporated with this series. The collection of antlers 
of the family of Deer are ranged along the top of the cases. 
The contents of this gallery and the next are described in 
considerable detail in a special guide, and therefore do not 
require further notice here. 
Second Floor. 
The Osteological GtALLERY is devoted to the skeletons and 
skulls of the Mammalia. The stuffed Sirenia (Dugongs and 
Manatees) and the collection of horns of oxen, antelopes and 
sheep are also placed in this gallery. The series commences (on 
the left hand on entering), by a male and female human 
skeleton, followed by a selection of skulls showing the different 
modifications of the cranial and facial bones in the various races 
of mankind. Along the centre of the gallery is ranged a series 
of the skeletons of the larger land animals — chiefly various 
species of oxen and buffaloes, rhinoceros and elephants.* 
* See * Guide to the Galleries of Mammalia' (Mammalian, Osteological and 
T'etacean) in the Department of Zoology. Price fourpence. 
