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TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
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HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION 7 
DESCRIPTION OF THE BUILDING 10 
OBJECTS OF THE MUSEUM AND GENERAL ARRANGEMENT 
OF ITS CONTENTS 16 
TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE MUSEUM AND ITS 
CONTENTS .. ..22 
•Central Hall .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 22 
Gallery of British Zoology ., .. .. .. .,35 
•Staircase and Corridors .. .. .. .. .. ..38 
West Wing .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 39 
Ground Floor .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 39 
Bird Gallery .. 39 
doral Gallery 42 
Fish Gallery .. . .^ .. .. .. .. .. 43 
Insect Gallery .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 44 
Reptile Gallery . 45 
Star-fish Gallery .. .. .. .. .. .. 45 
Shell Gallery .. .. 46 
Cetacea Gallery .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 47 
First Floor 49 
Gallery of Stuffed Mammals .. .. .. .. ..49 
Second Floor .. .. .. .. .. .. ..50 
. Gallery of Skeletons oi Mammals .. .. .. 50 
East Wing .. 51 
Ground Floor .. .. .. .. .. .. .,51 
Palseontological Collections .. .. .. .. ..51 
First Floor ..55 
Mineralogical Collections .. .. .. .. .. ..55 
Second Floor .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 65 
Botanical Collections .. .. .. .. ., ..65 
STAFF OF THE NATURAL HISTORY BRANCH OF THE 
BRITISH MUSEUM 71 
SELECTED LIST OF PUBLICATIONS 72 
OUIDE BOOKS 77 
REGULATIONS FOR ADMISSION OF STUDENTS 79 
NUMBER OF VISITORS TO THE MUSEUM 80 
DAYS AND HOURS OF ADMISSION TO MUSEUM on back of cover. 
