TABLE OF CONTENTS. PAGE STAFF OF THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM vi LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS viii HISTORICAL SKETCH 1 GENERAL ARRANGEMENT 9 DESCRIPTION OF THE MUSEUM AND ITS CONTENTS 15 CENTRAL HALL 15 NORTH HALL (Domesticated Animals, &c.) 38 STAIRCASE AND CORRIDORS 40 WEST WING 42 _Ground Floor_ 42 Bird Gallery 42 Pavilion, with British Land and Fresh-water Vertebrates 46 Coral Gallery 48 Fish Gallery 52 Insect Gallery 54 Reptile Gallery 57 Starfish Gallery 59 Shell Gallery 60 Whale-Room 63 _First Floor_ 66 Lower Mammal Gallery 66 _Second Floor_ 72 Upper Mammal Gallery 72 EAST WING 74 _Ground Floor_ 74 Fossil Collections 74 _First Floor_ 90 Mineral Collections 90 _Second Floor_ 100 Botanical Collections 100 SELECTED LIST OF PUBLICATIONS 105 GUIDE-BOOKS 116 REGULATIONS FOR ADMISSION OF STUDENTS 119 NUMBER OF VISITORS TO THE MUSEUM 120 DAYS AND HOURS OF ADMISSION TO MUSEUM on back of cover. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. Number. Page.