TABLE OF CONTENTS.PAGESTAFF OF THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUMviLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONSviiiHISTORICAL SKETCH1GENERAL ARRANGEMENT9DESCRIPTION OF THE MUSEUM AND ITS CONTENTS15Central Hall15North Hall(Domesticated Animals, &c.)38Staircase and Corridors40West Wing42Ground Floor42Bird Gallery42Pavilion, with British Land and Fresh-water Vertebrates46Coral Gallery48Fish Gallery52Insect Gallery54Reptile Gallery57Starfish Gallery59Shell Gallery60Whale-Room63First Floor66Lower Mammal Gallery66Second Floor72Upper Mammal Gallery72East Wing74Ground Floor74Fossil Collections74First Floor90Mineral Collections90Second Floor100Botanical Collections100SELECTED LIST OF PUBLICATIONS105GUIDE-BOOKS116REGULATIONS FOR ADMISSION OF STUDENTS119NUMBER OF VISITORS TO THE MUSEUM120DAYS AND HOURS OF ADMISSION TO MUSEUMon back of cover.