TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
PAGE 
HISTORICAL mTRODUCTION 7 
DESCRIPTIONT OF THE BUILDING , .. 11 
OBJECTS OF THE MUSEUM AND OENERAL ARRANGEMENT 
OF ITS CONTENTS 17 
TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE MUSEUM AND ITS 
CONTENTS 2S 
Central Hall .. ., .. .. .. .. .. 23 
Gallery of British Zoology .. .. .. .. .,30 
Staircase and Corridors .. .. .. .. .. ..33 
West Wing 34 
Ground Floor .. .. .. .. .. .. ..34: 
Bird Gallery , .. ..34 
Coral Gallery 37 
Fish Gallery 38 
Insect Gallery 39 
Reptile Gallery 39 
Star-fish Gallery 40 
Shell Gallery 41 
Cetacea Gallery .. .. ,. .. .. .. ..41 
First Floor 43 
Gallery of Stuffed Mammals .. .. .. .. ..43 
Second Floor .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..44 
Gallery of Skeletons of Mammals .. .. - .. ..44 
East Wing .. .. .. .. .. .. ., ..45 
Ground Floor .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 45 
Pala!ontological Collections .. .. ,. .. ..45 
First Floor 49 
Mineralogical Cjllections .. .. .. .. .. ..49 
Second Floor .. .. .. .. ,. .. .. .. 59 
Botanical Collections .. .. .. .. .. ..59 
STAFF OF THE NATURAL HISTORY BRANCH OF THE 
BRITISH MUSEUM 65 
SELECTED LIST OF PUBLICATIONS 66 
GUIDE BOOKS 69 
REGULATIONS FOR ADMISSION OF STUDENTS 70 
DAYS AND HOURS OF ADMISSION TO MUSEUM on back of cover. 
