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.
PREFACE TO THE THIRTEENTH EDITION.
This Guide is intended for the use of those visitors who wishmerely to get a general idea of the arrangements and contentsof the Natural History Museum.
Special Guides have been published for the use of visitorswho wish to make a closer study of the collections; a list ofthem 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;
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