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APPENDIX. 



Table shomng the nttmber of entries in the record-hooJcs of the United States National Musrum 

 at the close of the years 1875 and 1876, respectively. 



Class. 



Mammala 



Birds 



Reptiles and amphibians. 



Fisbes 



Skeletons and skulls 



Eggs 



Crustaceans 



Annelids 



MoUusks 



Iladiates 



Invertebrate fossils 



Minerals 



Ethnological specimens.. 



Total. 



Increase for 1876. 



*210, 327 234,002 



23, C75 



* The corresponding entries for 1875 were 12,578 ; for 1874, 10,334. 

 Approximate table of the distribution of duplicate specimens to the end of 1876. 



