APPENDIX TO THE REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



Table showing the numher of entries in the record-hoolxS of the United States 

 National H'luseum at the elose of the years 1873 and 1874, respectively. 



Class. 



1873. 



1874. 



Mammals 



Birds 



Reptiles aud amphibians. 

 Fishes 



Skeletous aud skulls 



T^^ggs 



Crustaceans 



Annelids 



Mollnsks 



Radiates 



Invertebrate fossils 



Minerals 



Ethnological specimens . . 



Total . 



187,417 



197, 749 



Increase for 1874, 10,332. 



Approximate table of the distribution of duplicate specimens to the 



1874. 



end, of 



Class. 



Distribution to the 

 end of 1873. 



Distribution 

 during 1874. 



Species. 



Skeletons and skulls 



Mammals .^ 



Birds 



Reptiles 



Fishes 



Nests and eggs of birds 



Insects 



Crustaceans 



Shells 



Radiates 



Other marine invertebrates 

 Plants and packages of seeds 



Fossils 



Minerals and rocks 



Ethnological specimens . 

 Diatomaceous earths,(pkgs) 



Total 



389 



1,038 



24, 580 



1, 975 



2, 717 

 6, 676 

 2,748 

 1,078 



84, 637 



583 



1,844 



23, 370 



4,112 



5,453 



1,886 



83 



Speci- 

 mens. 



163, 169 



1,114 

 2, 990 



37, 885 



3, 220 



5,748 



16, 770 



6, 294 



2, 650 



187, 292 



778 



5,160 



39, 705 



10, 141 



11, 152 



1,969 



812 



Species. 



40 



1,091 



299 



16 



54 



496 



900 



5,152 



5, 000 

 13 



3,414 



64 



175 



333,680 I 16,724 



Speci- 

 mens. 



116 



1,789 



322 



42 



67 



1,100 



2,000 



8,000 



10, 000 



13 



5,100 



100 



200 



Total to the end 

 of 1874. 



Species. 



429 

 2,129 



24, 879 

 1,991 

 2,771 

 7,172 

 3,648 

 1,078 



89, 789 



583 



1,844 



28, 37ft 



4, 125 



8,807 



1,950 



258 



Speci- 

 mens. 



28, S4a 



179, 883 



1,230 



4,779 



38, 207 



3,262 



5, 815 



17, 870 



8,294 



2,650 



195, 292 



778 



5,160 



49, 705 



10, 154 



16, 252 



2, 069 



1,012 



362, 529 



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