TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
PAGK 
HISTOKIC AL INTRODUCTION 7 
DESCEIPTION OF THE BUILDING , ..10 
OBJECTS OF THE MUSEUM AND GENERAL ARRANGEMENT 
OF ITS CONTENTS 16 
TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE MUSEUM AND ITS 
CONTENTS 22 
Centeal Hall .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 22 
Gallery OF British Zoology .. .. .. .. .,31 
Staircase AND Corridors .. .. .. .. .. ..34: 
West Wing .. .. .. .. .. .. 35 
Ground Floor .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 35 
Bird Gallery 35 
Coral Gallery .. „. ..37 
Fish Gallery 39 
Insect Gallery .. .. .. .. .. .. 40 
Reptile Gallery .. ..40 
Star-fish Gallery .. 41 
SheU Gallery .. 42 
Cetacea Gallery .. .. .. .. .. ,.43 
First Floor .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 44 
Gallery of Stuffed Mammals , . . . . . . . . . 44 
Second Floor .. .. .. .. .. .. 45 
Gallery of Skeletons of Mammals . . . . . . , . 45 
East Wing .. .. .. .. .. .. 47 
Ground Floor .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 47 
Palagontological Collections .. .. .. .. ..47 
First Floor ,.51 
Mineralogical Collections .. .. .. .. .. ..51 
Second Floor .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 60 
Botanical Collections .. .. .. .. .. ..60 
STAFF OF THE NATURAL HISTORY BRANCH OF THE 
BRITISH MUSEUM 66 
SELECTED LIST OF PUBLICATIONS .. .. .. .. 67 
GUIDE BOOKS ..71 
EEGUL ATIONS FOR ADMISSION OF STUDENTS 78 
NUMBER OF VISITORS TO THE MUSEUM 74 
DAYS AND HOURS OF ADMISSION TO MUSEUM on back of cover. 
