Produced by deaurider, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY) _CROMWELL ROAD, LONDON, S.W._ GENERAL GUIDE WITH PLANS AND VIEWS OF THE BUILDING, AND FIFTY-EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS. _THIRTEENTH EDITION._ LONDON: PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 1913. [_All rights reserved._] LONDON: PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED, DUKE STREET, STAMFORD STREET, S.E., AND GREAT WINDMILL STREET, W. [Illustration: THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, CROMWELL ROAD, FROM THE SOUTH-WEST, SHOWING PART OF THE WEST FRONT AS ORIGINALLY PROJECTED BY THE ARCHITECT.] PREFACE TO THE THIRTEENTH EDITION. This Guide is intended for the use of those visitors who wish merely to get a general idea of the arrangements and contents of the Natural History Museum. Special Guides have been published for the use of visitors who wish to make a closer study of the collections; a list of them is given on pages 116–18. L. FLETCHER, _Director_. BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY). _April, 1913._ STAFF OF THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM. _Director_ L. FLETCHER, M.A., Hon. Ph.D. (Berlin), F.R.S. _Assistant Secretary_ C. E. FAGAN, I.S.O. _Assistant in Director’s Office_ BASIL H. SOULSBY, B.A., F.S.A. _Clerks in Director’s Office_ W. H. R. HOLL; W. J. ANDERSON. _Assistant in General Library_ B. B. WOODWARD. ZOOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT. _Keeper_ S. F. HARMER, Sc.D., F.R.S. _Assistant Keeper_ W. R. OGILVIE-GRANT. _Assistants_ G. A. BOULENGER, F.R.S.; OLDFIELD THOMAS, F.R.S.; F. J. BELL, M.A.; R. KIRKPATRICK; W. T. CALMAN, D.Sc.; C. T. REGAN, M.A.; A. S. HIRST; J. G. DOLLMAN, B.A.; W. P. PYCRAFT; G. C. ROBSON, B.A.; H. A. BAYLIS, B.A. ENTOMOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT. _Keeper_ C. J. GAHAN, M.A. _Assistants_ Sir G. F. HAMPSON, Bart.; E. E. AUSTEN; J. HARTLEY DURRANT (Walsingham Collection); G. J. ARROW; G. MEADE-WALDO, B.A.; F. W. EDWARDS, B.A.; K. G. BLAIR, B.Sc.; N. D. RILEY; B. F. CUMMINGS. GEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT. _Keeper_ A. S. WOODWARD, LL.D., F.R.S. _Assistant Keeper_ F. A. BATHER, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S. _Assistants_ R. B. NEWTON; C. W. ANDREWS, D.Sc., F.R.S.; G. C. CRICK; W. D. LANG, B.A.; W. N. EDWARDS, B.A. MINERAL DEPARTMENT. _Keeper_ G. T. PRIOR, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S. _Assistants_ L. J. SPENCER, M.A.; G. F. HERBERT SMITH, M.A., D.Sc.; W. CAMPBELL SMITH, M.A. BOTANICAL DEPARTMENT. _Keeper_ A. B. RENDLE, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S. _Assistants_ A. GEPP, M.A.; E. G. BAKER; H. F. WERNHAM, B.Sc.; J. RAMSBOTTOM B.A.; A. J. WILMOTT, B.A.