TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
PAGR 
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 .. .. .. ,. .,34 
Staircase AND Corridors .. .. .. .. ,. ,.37 
West Wing 38 
Ground Floor .. .. .. ,. .. .. 38 
Bird Gallery ..38 
Coral Gallery 41 
Fish Gallery 42 
Insect Gallery .. .. .. ., .. ..43 
Reptile Gallery .. .. .. .. .. .. ..44 
Star-fish Gallery 44 
Shell Gallery 45 
Cetacea Gallery .. .. .. .. .. .. ..46 
First Floor .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 48 
Gallery of Stuffed Mammals .. .. .. ..48 
Second Floor .. .. .. .. .. ..49 
Gallery of Skeletons of Mammals .. .. .. ..49 
East Wing .. .. .. .. .. .. 50 
Ground Floor .. .. .. .. .. .. ..50 
Palseontological Collections .. .. .. .. ..GO 
First Floor .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..54 
Mineralogical Collections . . . . . . , . . . . . 54 
Second Floor .. .. .. .. .. ., .. G4 
Botanical Collections .. ., ., .. .. ..04 
STAFF OP THE NATURAL HISTORY BRANCH OF THE 
BRITISH MUSEUM .. 70 
SELECTED LIST OF PUBLICATIONS 71 
GUIDE BOOKS 75 
REGULATIONS FOR ADMISSION OF STUDENTS 77 
NUMBER OF VISITORS TO THE MUSEUM 78 
DAYS AND HOURS OF ADMISSION TO T^IUSEmi on hack of cover. 
