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.

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.
Leaf-Butterfly1[19]
Somali Tsetse-Fly2[20]
Common Gnat3[22]
Spot-Winged Mosquito4[22]
Malaria Parasite5[23]
Trypanosoma gambiense6[24]
African Elephant7[25]
Skeleton of a Flying-Fox8[27]
Skull of the Giant Tuatera9[32]
Skeleton of the Great Blue Shark10[33]
Flying Fish11[35]
Flying Gurnard12[35]
Jaw of Port Jackson Shark13[36]
Female Okapi14[41]
Great Auk15[43]
Egg of the Great Auk16[45]
Venus’ Flower-Basket17[49]
Brain-Coral18[50]
Rough Sunfish19[51]
Gastrostomus bairdi20[52]
Saccopharynx flagellum21[52]
Sucker-Fish22[52]
Lower View of Head of Saw-Fish23[53]
Basking Shark24[54]
Coconut Crab25[55]
Saddle-Backed Tortoise26[57]
Horned Frog27[58]
Sea-Lily28[59]
Whelk29[61]
Left Valve of Giant Clam30[62]
Pearly Nautilus31[62]
Sperm-Whale32[65]
Platypus or Duck-Bill33[67]
Yellow-Bellied Pangolin34[68]
Prongbuck or Pronghorn Antelope35[69]
Heads of Rhinoceroses36[70]
Northern Fur-Seal37[71]
Elephant-Seal38[71]
Great Panda39[72]
Gorilla40[73]
Skeleton of American Mastodon41[75]
Skull of Arsinoïtherium zitteli42[76]
Skeleton of Toxodon43[77]
Skeleton of Dinoceras44[78]
Skeleton of Northern Sea-Cow45[79]
Skull of Sivatherium giganteum46[80]
Skull of Samotherium boissieri47[81]
Lizard-Tailed Bird48[82]
Skeleton of Iguanodon49[83]
Skeleton of Ichthyosaur50[84]
Skeleton of Brontosaurus ingens51[85]
Skeleton of Pariasaurus52[86]
Giant Pterodactyle53[87]
Pterichthys54[88]
Turrilite55[89]
Ammonite, from the Oölite56[89]
Trilobite57[89]
Colenso Diamond58[91]
South-West View of Museum [iv.]
View of Central Hall [x.]
Plan of Ground Floor [42]
Plan of First and Second Floors [66]